Analyzing 9k firmware samples sure must be a lot of work, I wish every IT device manufacturer would be scrutinized with a magnifying glass in the very same way.

Without that, this just seems kinda misleading because I'm pretty sure every bigger IT device manufacturer has myriads of security issues [0] that simply never get surfaced to the same degree, like those of Huawei, for political reasons.

[0] https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cisco-backdoor-hardcoded-a...

> new research by cybersecurity experts that top U.S. officials said appeared credible

CIA said Huawei insecure guys, guess we should listen to them and pack it up