That is a good point, some companies had very different motivations for not discussing it, e.g. Ronald Prins from Fox IT had this to say to Mashable: For Prins

That is a good point, some companies had very different motivations for not discussing it, e.g. Ronald Prins from Fox IT had this to say to Mashable: For Prins, the reason is completely different. "We didn't want to interfere with NSA/GCHQ operations," he told Mashable, explaining that everyone seemed to be waiting for someone else to disclose details of Regin first, not wanting to impede legitimate operations related to "global security." http://mashable.com/2014/11/25/regin-spy-malware-nsa-gchq/ http://mashable.com/2014/11/25/regin-spy-malware-nsa-gchq/