Few possibilities:

1) Prelude to a war that throws them off balance (looking unlikely)

2) The vulnerability was about to be discovered so had to be used immediately

This was what I saw mentioned on twitter …

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This was what I saw mentioned on twitter … https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1836160598629069048?s=46&t=TVy9rDl3UkuxmVj4e18bOA

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