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Perfect way to introduce malware into foreign networks: release modified pirated Cisco software for counterfeiters
by colechristensen 4y ago
Perfect way to introduce malware into foreign networks: release modified pirated Cisco software for counterfeiters
- the_biot 4y agoDon't knock it as a business model: cloned hardware and pirated Cisco software is how Huawei got their start in the networking business. I don't know if they did malware/spyware in the beginning, but the assumption that they do now has caught up to them though.
- gfv 4y agoIt was Nortel, IIRC.
- Lammy 4y agoThat's probably why the Justice Department are so keen to go after these grey-market sellers: it protects NSA's own interdiction pipeline more than it protects Cisco's bottom line: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa...
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoAll of the above? It's good for the entire country to not use counterfeit network equipment manufactured by an adversary.