<tinfoil> Or, due to recent publicity surrounding internet monitoring capabilities of various agencies, they decided to move fast before countermeasures appear

<tinfoil> Or, due to recent publicity surrounding internet monitoring capabilities of various agencies, they decided to move fast before countermeasures appear. If it were still a secret, they probably wouldn't risk tipping off their (bigger fish) targets to their abilities, but now it's use-it-or-lose-it. And it'd be great PR to justify all those surveillance capabilities with the general public. </tinfoil> Or, it's just a coincidence.