Chinese retailers have been caught "in large volumes" by a rash of counterfeit Intel processors with varying defects, from modified IHS (integrated heat spreaders) to no CPU die - effectively leaving customers with a piece of green silicon, reports website Notebook...
Counterfeit goods are a booming sector and a special interest for organised crime groups, says Europol Director, Catherine de Bolle. “What we see, organised crime groups use the opportunity (created by the coronavirus andemic) because they use the fear of the...
SourceToday says the current electronics component shortage combined with the urge to make new parts is compounding a counterfeit problem that "isn’t going away anytime soon". It describes counterfeit components as the "bane of any electronic buyer’s very...
Counterfeit electronics was already a big problem before Covid-19. In these challenging markets, where our normal routines and processes are being tested to the limit, the dangers of counterfeit entering the supply chain are dramatically increased. Last month an...
Crisis-driven consumer demand, mixed with waning product inventories and an increasing reliance upon internet-based commerce, creates ideal conditions for product counterfeiting, says Jay Kennedy, Michigan State University in a post on the Stamford Advocate....
Counterfeiters are the scourge of every supply chain, and unfortunately a pandemic offers many opportunities for unscrupulous traders to pass counterfeit product into a panic-stricken supply chain – exposing users to risk and danger. Earlier in the week,...