Why is this surprising? You don't think the NSA has APTs running in internet exchanges around the globe? I would say that thinking the NSA doesn't have assets

Why is this surprising? You don't think the NSA has APTs running in internet exchanges around the globe? I would say that thinking the NSA doesn't have assets somewhere, given their propensity to hoover every piece of data within an arm's reach, is foolish at best. It would be better, these days, to assume your data is compromised as soon as it is sent over the Internet.