<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Further update on what I shared back in March: <a href="https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/cisco-fraudster-must-pay-100m-serve-jail-time-for-selling-1b-in-counterfeit-gear">https://www.crn.com/news/networking/2024/cisco-fraudster-must-pay-100m-serve-jail-time-for-selling-1b-in-counterfeit-gear</a><br><br>
<h1 id="gmail-cisco-fraudster-must-pay-100m-serve-jail-time-for-selling-1b-in-counterfeit-gear">Cisco Fraudster Must Pay $100M, Serve Jail Time For Selling $1B In Counterfeit Gear</h1><div><br></div><div>
<i>A CEO of a number of tech companies has been sentenced in federal
court for running what officials are calling “one of the largest
counterfeit-trafficking operations ever.” Onur Aksoy was convicted of
selling counterfeit Cisco equipment, with some of the phony gear being
deployed in classified information systems, combat and non-combat
operations of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army, as well as
hospitals and schools, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.</i> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Snippet of note:
<i>The fraudulent gear found its way into combat and non-combat operations
of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army, including within
platforms supporting the F-15, F-18, and F-22 fighter jets, AH-64 Apache
attack helicopter, P-8 maritime patrol aircraft, and B-52
Stratofortress bomber aircraft, according to the Department of Justice.
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</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM David Bray, PhD <<a href="mailto:david.a.bray@gmail.com">david.a.bray@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Recognizing this is a broad distro so I am going to ask that any use of this post comply with the Chatham House rule of non-attribution to avoid consternation for any of the organizations involved - however there is a company by the name of TrueNorth Cyber that was asked by an important part of the USG to test a router that externally and internally (at least in terms of popping the lid) to be a Cisco Router. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">However twice the router had run hot. And twice the router was shipped back to Cisco to verify everything was okay - and twice the bird was shipped back to the USG saying yes, everything is good. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">However TrueNorth does deep hardware interrogation. And with their methods they identified this was **not** a Cisco router, but rather a Huawei board claiming to be a Cisco router in terms of electronic presentation with the bus, bios, etc. And even more disturbingly the board had been in use in a very sensitive USG environment for about 10 years by that time. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">TrueNorth has tested other warehouses of equipment that was believed by others to be “all good” and found on average 60-65% of hardware equipment has non-standard configurations inconsistent with the described specs. Not all of this is as extreme as the above, some of instances where memory from a different vendor was employed vs. what was sold or a chipset was swapped out from the standard config - however given the identification of covert modems at U.S. shipping facilities, how many IT and networking environments have run deep hardware interrogation to confirm that the hardware they think they have - really is what it claims to be? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And no - “hologram decals” on hardware won’t help you here given they can easily be spoofed. <br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><b style="font-family:"Courier New"">David Bray, PhD </b>Principal,
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</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 09:43 Dave Taht via Nnagain <<a href="mailto:nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net" target="_blank">nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I have been trying to point out for many years now, that a lot of hardware can just have it's firmware replaced with something more trustable, secure, reliable, and feature full. I was appalled at the recent BOFO (?) rules that mandated buy american for secure .... glass .... and totally ignored the firmware problem. I have not read up on rip and replace progress below, and am afraid to, if someone could summarize? <div><br></div><div>Ironically, I regard Huwai's compliance with the GPL, and general open source contribution philosophy as exemplary in an industry that seemingly has forgotten the benefits of openness or the copyright provisions of that license. <div><br></div><div>The president of huwai once responded to complaints by promising to open up all it's source code for inspection... (cannot find the link), but the CISCOs of the world evaporated that possibility, and the mess downstream of most chinese AND american manufacturers has to be scanned to be believed.<br><div><br></div><div>... a lot of huwai's consumer gear can be reflashed to OpenWrt, which is maintained by a group of very security concious folk, mostly based in germany.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Broadband Breakfast</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:news@broadbandcensus.com" target="_blank">news@broadbandcensus.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 9:23 AM<br>Subject: New Exclusive Report on 'Rip and Replace'<br>To: Dave Taht <<a href="mailto:dave.taht@gmail.com" target="_blank">dave.taht@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div><u></u>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">WASHINGTON, March 20, 2024 – Thirty three Democratic and Independent Senators on Friday co-signed a letter urging Senate and House leaders to use “must-pass” budget legislation to include an extension of the Affordable Connectivity Program.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">The <a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=85ccef98a9&e=62f1e7a8b2" style="font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,124,137)" target="_blank"><u style="font-family:Helvetica">letter urges Congressional leaders</u></a> to support bipartisan legislation to save the ACP from expiration when funds are expected to be exhausted next month. The letter argued that the program is necessary to close the connectivity gap between Americans. </p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Notable signatories include Sen. <b style="font-family:Helvetica">John Fetterman</b>, D-Pennsylvania, Sen. <b style="font-family:Helvetica">Raphael Warnock</b>, D-Georgia, and Sen. <b style="font-family:Helvetica">Alex Padilla</b>, D-California.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Pennsylvania’s mountainous terrain and rural areas with few homes have made it difficult and expensive for broadband expansion.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">WASHINGTON, March 20, 2024 – The White House unveiled its <a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=1f6ef48d27&e=62f1e7a8b2" style="font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,124,137)" target="_blank"><u style="font-family:Helvetica">proposed fiscal year 2025 budget</u></a> last week, earmarking $6 billion for enhancing internet affordability for consumers and $112 million for expanding rural broadband infrastructure.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">The proposed budget underscores that certain broadband and technology initiatives are integral to President <b style="font-family:Helvetica">Joe Biden</b>'s economic vision of reducing costs, stimulating job growth, boosting manufacturing, and ensuring the protection of American consumers.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">The event in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, June 5 is part of the <a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=a43d388573&e=62f1e7a8b2" rel="noreferrer" style="font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,124,137)" target="_blank">CalMatters Ideas Festival</a> on June 5-6, 2024.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">As billions flood into broadband development nationwide, California is riding high on this wave, netting $1.86B from the government’s flagship Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program. For the nation’s leading tech hub, how has this pivotal moment unfolded? How does this dovetail with the state’s ongoing initiatives aimed to drive innovation in the technology and telecom sectors?</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">In 2021, California unanimously passed SB 156, earmarking a $6 billion broadband investment to bridge the statewide digital divide. More than half of the funds are funneled towards building open-access, state-owned middle mile networks with high capacity fiber. As this expansive investment fans out across the state, how is California positioned to capitalize on it? What opportunities and potential pitfalls might the state encounter along the way?</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">With one of the country's most extensive highway networks, California must also wrangle with the prickly issue of broadband right-of-way, which often drive up the cost of deployment. This legal clearance for deploying and maintaining broadband infrastructure along public routes often muddies the waters around broadband expansion plans. Where does the state stand on this issue? Are there still any bottlenecks that need ironing out for seamless broadband flow across the state?</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">While federal net neutrality rules hang in limbo, California has long upheld its own law regarding the equal treatment of data, as well as its state-leading law on internet privacy With its sights on universal broadband access statewide, how does net neutrality factor into California’s game plan? What role has California’s leadership role on net neutrality and privacy had on broadband for California?</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)"><a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=4f028aeedd&e=62f1e7a8b2" rel="noreferrer" style="font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,124,137)" target="_blank"><b style="font-family:Helvetica">The California Emerging Technology Fund</b></a> (CETF) has been on a mission over the last decade to forge partnerships and foster public policy to close the Digital Divide. This work has been strategically-focused, results-oriented, and people-centered. CETF is a leading proponent of the Digital Equity Bill of Rights</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">WASHINGTON, March 20, 2024 – The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced four pieces of communications legislation on Wednesday.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">Three of the bills are network security measures targeting companies from China and other countries deemed national security threats, and one would direct the Federal Communications Commission to stand up a task force to study 6G technology. The bills were passed unanimously with bipartisan support.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">“Taken together, these bills will help protect American networks from security threats, while also allowing our country to remain a global leader in communications technology,” said Ranking Member <b style="font-family:Helvetica">Frank Pallon</b>e, D-New Jersey.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">WASHINGTON, March 20, 2024 – As the looming deadline of the Affordable Connectivity Program draws nearer, providers now face a decision of whether to continue offering ACP-supported services through May by taking partial reimbursement funding, or dropping consumers.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">In a <a href="https://BroadbandBreakfast.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5637f8058831c038004b4f502&id=9882e3ce45&e=62f1e7a8b2" rel="noreferrer" style="font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(0,124,137)" target="_blank">public notice released Monday</a>, the Federal Communications Commission alerted internet service providers that without additional funding from Congress, the Affordable Connectivity Program won't reimburse them fully for the service and device benefits applied to ACP-recipient internet bills beginning in May.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">An advocacy group on behalf of landlords and lenders argued the FCC should not ban bulking billing practices.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">A coalition of utility companies asked the FCC to discard part of its new pole attachment rules.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">The bill is aimed at making Economic Development Administration grants more accessible for broadband projects.</p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;color:rgb(32,32,32)">The officials criticized the agency’s proposal to create more stringent regulations on broadband access.</p>
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