right, that's why there is no need for all the elaborate schemes proposed by the shameful Bloomberg "Big Hack" conspiracy. Doing so would be a) stupid and b) co

right, that's why there is no need for all the elaborate schemes proposed by the shameful Bloomberg "Big Hack" conspiracy. Doing so would be a) stupid and b) cost a bomb. for plausible deniability and to be able to reuse the same attack vector over and over, it's cheaper to just intercept shipments and install/modify what they need: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa... impossible to reproduce unless you have the exact same equipment.