Bad news: Your Cisco switch is a fake and an update borked it. Good news: It wasn't designed to spy on you

Autopsy finds rip-off gear is mainly about making coin, not bugging your network

Two types of fake Cisco switches – discovered after a software upgrade hobbled counterfeit gear at an unidentified IT firm – appear to have been designed for profit rather than espionage.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
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