I think that's the case. No prominent Republicans were targeted. See: Watergate, Wikileaks DNC emails. Same shit.
Unless we hear from account holders that their credentials weren't stolen, there's no reason to believe that only those were hacked that sent tweets.
Of course you're right that we don't know is if this is political, or just a distraction from whatever their real goal is / was. But the optics are clear here, and there is no reason to muddy the waters.