Related recent context/controversy that maybe fueled some of this:

putty.org is not run by the PuTTY developers

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44558328

Hijacking Trust? Bitvise Under Fire for Controlling Domain of FOSS Project PuTTY

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44579265

There's no "maybe" to it. (-:

* https://hachyderm.io/@simontatham/115026616955174986

I think PupRed is a troll and stirred this up with the intent to provoke an escalation.