The Mask aka Careto

http://www.zdnet.com/washington-post-guardian-links-used-to-infect-the-mask-malware-victims-7000026153/#ftag=RSS14dc6a925323897081

Is this a kite-flying exercise by Kaspersky or is it a really serious threat to us all? Would appreciate your comments.

The threat is real, but not exactly new.
There was/is already Flame, Stuxnet and many others.