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Feds Seize $78M of Bogus Chinese Cisco Gear

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the perfect-for-man-in-the-middle dept.

Ian Lamont writes "The IDG News Service is reporting that US and Canadian authorities have made more than 400 seizures of counterfeit Cisco hardware from China in an ongoing investigation that started in 2005. The most recent seizure was last Friday in Toronto, where the RCMP charged two people and a company with distributing large quantities of counterfeit network components to companies in the US through the Internet. The RCMP seized approximately 1,600 pieces of counterfeit network hardware with an estimated value of $2 million, says the report. According to another source, bogus Cisco gear from China typically includes network modules, WAN interface cards, gigabit interface converters, and less expensive routers."

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  1. Makes one wonder ... by trolltalk.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    Feds Seize $78M of Bogus Chinese Cisco Gear

    ... as opposed to all the Legit Chinese Cisco Gear ...

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  2. Just so you know by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    No wonder their economy is booming when they can make a killing of counterfeit hardware and bogus harry potter books! "Hairy Pooter and the Sorcerer's Bone" is not actually a counterfeit Harry Potter book, it is something quite different.
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    1. Re:Just so you know by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 2, Funny

      Umm, yeah... Go ahead and put away your "wand" there Hairy...

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  3. Where is this warehouse, by Trigun · · Score: 2, Funny

    And can I get 20 minutes of completely unsupervised access?

    I'll even waive the disposal fees.

  4. Doesn't take Sherlock Holmes by arteas · · Score: 2, Funny

    What genius figured out the Linksys stuff was actually fake Cisco Chinese knockoffs? Explains their routers intermittently dropping connections all the time. All that stupid Chinese solder and boards are screwing them up. The water on the island makes better wafers.

  5. Re:Not really counterfeit by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorney, MagnetBox? I know a Genuine Peniphonics when I see one.

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