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This guy in /r/sysadmin claims 35 devices nuked: http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/2k6wjk/fyi_ftdi_deployed_a_driver_update_through_windows/ http://www

• tedunangst 12y ago
  So, in other words, they didn't damage your equipment.
• jameshart 12y ago
  35 devices put together by students doing EE projects... well, that's annoying, but they are at least direct consumers/users of the counterfeit components - presumably they have the option/ability to replace the chip with a genuine one once they source one. I've yet to hear of any end user finding that a commercially purchased peripheral has been bricked by this driver because its manufacturer used counterfeit parts, though. Would be fascinated to hear about such an example.