Of course, that's apparently how the game is played. I assumed the French are spying on the Germans and every one else they can install malware on. They just don't have the resources like the NSA.

The NSA enjoys a workforce 20 times larger (60,000 vs 3,000), and a budget 40 times bigger (US $50 Billions). Even the GCHQ (UK) & UNIT 8200 (Israel) have twice more resources.

The NSA probably think its adorable when the French pop up on one of their honeypot servers.