The new law enforcement and national security concerns were prompted by Operation Cisco Raider, which has led to 15 criminal cases involving counterfeit products bought in part by military agencies, military contractors and electric power companies in the United States. Over the two-year operation, 36 search warrants have been executed, resulting in the discovery of 3,500 counterfeit Cisco network components with an estimated retail value of more than $3.5 million, the F.B.I. said in a statement.

Not that this is news, we’ve always had this planted in the head about James Bond and his gizmo-gadgets and then the story about Government placing some backdoor’s in network security gears for them to get access whenever needed – Yeah, I dunno – its a nice story to keep floating…

But look what is this man? US Military having Counterfeit gears?

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