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| F.B.I. Says the Military Had Bogus Computer Gear
SAN FRANCISCO — Counterfeit products are a routine threat for the electronics industry. However, the more sinister specter of an electronic Trojan horse, lurking in the circuitry of a computer or a network router and allowing attackers clandestine access or control, was raised again recently by the F.B.I. and the Pentagon.
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| A Cisco spokesman said that the company had investigated the counterfeit gear seized by law enforcement agencies and had not found any secret back door.
“We did not find any evidence of re-engineering in the manner that was described in the F.B.I. presentation,” said John Noh, a Cisco spokesman. He added that the company believed the counterfeiters were interested in copying high volume products to make a quick profit. “We know what these counterfeiters are about.”
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Ran into those problems myself years ago when the procurment agencies were bound by congressional decree to start buying for small businesses even if they were not the lowest bidder. Congress then forced the agencies to buy all the manufacturing packages from the developer of the products and second source them..giving all the Make to Print Houses a chance to duplicate the products or SPARE PARTS..some of that work went to prisons in the US..most ended up sourcing from Companies who had small offices in the US..but manufactured overseas. 
It still goes on today.
Small Business Set Aside made Millions for some..it also trashed the US Business and Manufacturing Infastructure.
The last vestiges of it are the people who worked for those large companies who now have little in retirement muchless health care that was promised to them.
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