Normally I'd consider this conspiracy theorist stuff, but at this point it's pretty clear that it's happening, that state actors are involved, and that they're very much interested in keeping what they have and that means distracting us from the problem and dismissing that it exists.
Hardware manufacturers are partly to blame too, both for not testing their products to catch these threats, but also for the lack of transparency. I get that it'd be difficult/expensive to recall and replace a bunch of physical devices which may or may not all be backdoored, and I wouldn't be surprised if some companies were told not to by some three letter agency here in the US too, but if it comes to light that they have been knowingly selling compromised hardware they should be dragged into court and made to pay for it.
Hardware manufacturers are partly to blame too, both for not testing their products to catch these threats, but also for the lack of transparency. I get that it'd be difficult/expensive to recall and replace a bunch of physical devices which may or may not all be backdoored, and I wouldn't be surprised if some companies were told not to by some three letter agency here in the US too, but if it comes to light that they have been knowingly selling compromised hardware they should be dragged into court and made to pay for it.