Is it really so far fetched the Russians hired some hackers to do clone the NASDAQ, but then the hackers saw a broader opportunity to fatten their own bank acco

Is it really so far fetched the Russians hired some hackers to do clone the NASDAQ, but then the hackers saw a broader opportunity to fatten their own bank accounts? If the hackers’ motive was profit, Nasdaq’s Director’s Desk, the Web-based communication system where they first entered the network, offered amazing possibilities. It’s used by thousands of corporate board directors to exchange confidential information about their companies. Whoever got their hands on those could accumulate an instant fortune. They could've easily had multiple motives, and those could have been state driven, or simply personal for the hackers. Either way, I'm pretty sure the cloning theory is only half the story.