This one is an oldie but a goodie.

Basically through outsourcing the outsourced outsourcer's outsourcer, counterfeit Cisco equipment has made it's way into US Government infrastructure. There's not much you can do about a backdoor built directly into the firmware/hardware you use. I suppose the moral of the story is to use hardware sourced from reputable partners and download IOS files from Cisco instead of torrents.

The story is here

That is out of control, whats the chances of the routers landing in Australia? Id say pretty high wouldn't you think??

Blacky wrote:That is out of control, whats the chances of the routers landing in Australia? Id say pretty high wouldn't you think??

Look on eBay for sellers from HK/China claiming "genuine Cisco"

There's a reason they're cheaper.