BusinessWeek report that imitative hardware has been discover to be the grounds of several malfunctions in high - storey military machinery . The bastard percolation has a distinct possibility of leading to espionage or sabotage . In other word , move over , Meizu M8 : you ’re not the biggest faker in townsfolk anymore . Several crashes of military aircraft can be attributed to clone microchip , but more insidiously , internal military datum might be at risk . Melissa E. Hathaway , a head of cybersecurity at the FBI , says , “ Counterfeit Cartesian product have been linked to the smash of mission - critical networks , and may also contain hide out ‘ back room access ’ enabling web surety to be bypassed and sensitive data point accessed [ by hackers , thieves , and spies ] . ” Robert P. Ernst , who investigates counterfeiting for the U.S. Navy , reckon that 15 % of the unornamented or replacement silicon chip bought by the Pentagon are fake . Where do these parts actually come in from ? Made in , as BusinessWeek colorfully puts it , the “ Chinese hinterland , ” a lot of these components are made on the cheap and sold to the regime for much less than name - brands can offer . To be fair , no evidence of terrific espionage has been discover ; all of the problems are due to crappy micro chip failing to ferment at the worst meter , which really should have been expected , since the military has been pay half the price for the same product . But you may initiate to take off that tin transparency chapeau , because tone are being convey . After the enquiry the military has resolve to effect a rule requiring the generator of all chips be ascertained before they order a dictation . I ’m satisfied , are n’t you ? [ BusinessWeek ]
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