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Keyword: counterfeited

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  • How do you spot a fake pound coin? (1 in 50 is fake)

    01/29/2009 8:09:18 PM PST · by 2banana · 17 replies · 4,194+ views
    BBC News ^ | 22 September 2008 | The Magazine answers...
    The number of fake £1 coins in circulation now stands at more than 30 million, according to the Royal Mint. How do you know if you've been given one? That £1 coin in your pocket could be worthless. The number of fake pound coins in circulation has doubled in the past five years and one in every 50 is now counterfeit.
  • FBI: China may use counterfeit Cisco routers to penetrate U.S. networks

    05/15/2008 5:03:00 PM PDT · by ricks_place · 64 replies · 587+ views
    worldtribune ^ | May 15, 2008 | East-Asia-Intel
    An FBI presentation states that China has counterfeited Cisco Systems network routers and may be using the equipment to penetrate U.S. government and private sector computer networks. Federal authorities in February seized some 400 counterfeit Cisco Systems knockoffs worth $76 million. The equipment included routers, switches, gigabit interface converters and WAN interface cards. Among the purchasers of the fake equipment were the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center, U.S. Air Base at Spangdahelm, Germany, the Bonneville Power Administration, General Services Administration, and the defense contractor Raytheon, which makes key missile and weapons systems....