It would get awkward when they find the US backoor built in to every server headed everywhere ... I guess technically outside the scope of the headline so you can just leave it out.
Someone on one of these sides needs to provide evidence to support their claims. Clearly the authors of the original article have no intention or it would have been done already.
It’s trivial to debunk because the story was a hack job with no sources to begin with: the burden on proof is on the accuser in this case.