User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/My impressions on "It's a Brawl in the Family" (Vol3.Ep3)/@comment-71.190.188.253-20151115205521/@comment-3257939-20151115222619

Plus Qrow referred to the culprit as them. Whether they are aware that it's a group or they simply didn't know their gender is unknown but considering how resourceful Cinder is, I doubt this is all her doing and someone above is not giving her what she needs. Like the virus for instance.