What would Putin's motivation be to make DDoS extortion attempts? Means, motive, opportunity. Putin has no motive to extort pennies from gambling websites. He

What would Putin's motivation be to make DDoS extortion attempts? Means, motive, opportunity. Putin has no motive to extort pennies from gambling websites. He has better ways to make money. The NSA has no motive to make the Twitter worm. But Israel has a gigantic motive to make something that would sabotage a nuke plant in Iran. That's the difference. I agree that it's speculation - I just think it's plausible speculation.