NSA Tailored Access group hacking Apple servers?

*That's quite an allegation. Makes plenty of sense though. Why would they not? It's not like there's any downside to getting caught.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/report-apple-designing-its-own-servers-to-avoid-snooping/

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"Apple has begun designing its own servers partly because of suspicions that hardware is being intercepted before it gets delivered to Apple, according to a report yesterday from The Information.

" "Apple has long suspected that servers it ordered from the traditional supply chain were intercepted during shipping, with additional chips and firmware added to them by unknown third parties (((