This comment is simply stating historical facts. It's not unsubstantive. The actions of the US military in this particular case are relevant to this story. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II caused an estimated 140,000 deaths in Hiroshima and 74,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945, according to some sources.
The problem with open source is that it's free software, so no one wants to pay for it. Therefore the developers don't spend enough time maintaining and securing it, and not enough time preventing social engineering takeovers.