Yes, Stuxnet probably cost more. But Stuxnet was a higher level op, the target was also a nation state. In this case they went after the tools to avoid detecti

Yes, Stuxnet probably cost more. But Stuxnet was a higher level op, the target was also a nation state. In this case they went after the tools to avoid detection and/or attribution in future ops. They could instead contract a company like their victim to develop such tools from scratch for about $10M. Also, we're talking about nation states other than US.