Sounds like it's gonna be some false flag shit. Who takes this and sits on it? They're going to claim because of the hack that the chain of custody is no good and call it a day.
I think you should take a second look because from here it would appear that you didn't read the article you posted. There is no mention of money, payments, nor ransom. That's not what this is. In fact, I haven't seen a single report of this being a ransom situation at all.