While they could, I don't think so in this case, as the drivers mentioned report back to C&C servers in China. While the NSA could obviously set up servers ther

While they could, I don't think so in this case, as the drivers mentioned report back to C&C servers in China. While the NSA could obviously set up servers there, the simpler case would be that they have not. Don't forget that the other mission of the NSA is to protect American computer infrastructure. Doing something like this where the driver distribution is so wide and indiscriminate would also argue against their involvement. My guesses are in order: 1. The driver authors copied source from somewhere else without understanding what it did. 2. Malicious intent from the Chinese firms. 3. Malicious intent from the CCP. 4. Any other reason.