They worked
It's real.
It's real in the sense that is the same species as SARS COV and the full genome sequences for about 300 cases are available.
The difference that makes it identifiable is on the ORFP1b polyprotein and N gene, though the N gene difference is miniscule.
There are hundreds of coronavirus species. Human affecting strains are the sarbecovirus group of which there are dozens of species, and 6 or so of those that affect humans. Generally, these cause the common cold, along with influenza, rhinoviruses, etc.
Point being, the basic tests will give a positive for the common cold, some far worse on false positives than others. The antibody and antigen tests cannot differentiate between the SARS COV 2 and a number of other species and strains.
PCR tests are much better, but still, due to natural variation in nucleotide sequences, is going to have a lot of false positives.
The best test is a full sequencing of the genome. A few hundred have been uploaded from around the world. You can see these in the blast database. What is becoming apparent is that this strain was floating around before the case in the wet market.
There is a conspiracy theory going around about HIV inserts, but the 4 pieces in question appear for many, many other viruses in the blast database, as well, and the matches are not even 100%. It is patently false. Additionally, an insert would require a start codon, AUG, and a stop codon, of which there are several. This is not the case with these inserts.
Is it real? Yes. I was skeptical at first, too. Is it as dangerous as they say? Clearly not. Common cold level threat.
The WHO claimed the hack was unsuccessful a few weeks ago. I suspect this was to prove them wrong.