You are assuming that the individuals are distinct - it is FAR more likely that a TLA agency has implanted support engineers who operate on their orders.
Just a few years ago, Chinese hackers were caught hacking into the US for no reason. The fact of the matter is that Huawei, with its close connections to the Chinese Government, could be straight up responsible for this.
Remember, half of the western world have banned Huawei devices from their country.
Keep up with the modern cyberwar people! The Chinese National Security Committee has already deployed "The Great Firewall of China" and banned the use of VPNs on their shores. HTTPS connections fail randomly in China and encryption is illegal.
Between the US and China, there is one country where people disappear for saying the wrong things on the internet.
