Nothing to be confused about: Puppet’s a puss, government employees are ‘useful idiots’ and digital is wide open.
A brilliant caper obfuscates the intent of the crime.
I suspected they were on a fishing expedition; this reinforces it. If it’s digital, it’s vulnerable. If you have something someone wants and it’s digital, there’s really no protecting it.
‘Electronic’ medical records (EMR)...what a joke (on us). The ‘cloud’, too.
The phrase "dead drop" comes to mind.