I don't believe that's true. The "Samsung Toshiba Nakamichi Motorola" one holds more weight and even that is nonsense.
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Seems like a reach anyway
Yeah, I’m stretching from something I remember.
A bit of research pulls up potential NSA parallels.
https://everything-blockchain.com/bitcoin-invented-by-the-nsa-here-is-their-whitepaper/
The NSA was/is definitely involved in cryptography but there's not much more of a link than that in your link.