Indeed. This is, presumably, how the NSA managed to backdoor all major hard drive manufacturers' firmware. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/17/1364910/-Br

Indeed. This is, presumably, how the NSA managed to backdoor all major hard drive manufacturers' firmware. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/17/1364910/-Breaking-Kaspersky-Exposes-NSA-s-Worldwide-Backdoor-Hacking-of-Virtually-All-Hard-Drive-Firmware http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/17/1364910/-Breaking-K... The NSA buys lots of storage, so it's only natural they would demand and have access to poorly tested/reviewed code hiding behind closed sources.