In recent years, counterfeiting tactics have come down to replacing processor covers with the corresponding part from more expensive models or applying labels with their markings. Recently, a more interesting version of fake processors has appeared on the Chinese market – they completely lack the silicon crystal itself.
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He told about a similar case back in 2018, for example, this eyewitness. According to representatives of the resource Wccftech, In the Chinese market unusual fake Intel processors began to come across more and more. The company does not refuse to exchange them for full ones under warranty and is ready to prosecute sellers of counterfeit products by law.
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It is noteworthy that under the cover of such processors not only a sealant is applied around the perimeter for attaching the substrate to the printed circuit board, but also a thermal interface, but the crystal itself is not even in the bud – the substrate in this sense looks like an absolute “dummy”.
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But on the flip side, she has all the necessary pads and electronic components. Of course, such a “semi-finished product” cannot work in the motherboard, although it is unlikely to disable it. The illustrations show a processor that simulates a full-fledged Intel Core i7-8700, it even came in a proprietary box, with markings on the front side, everything was in order as well.
Processor spoofing has been popular with Amazon dishonest customers around the world. They purchased a real processor with a guarantee, declared a defect or a simple desire to return the goods, but at the same time sent a fake copy to the store. It was subsequently put up for sale without a particularly thorough check, and therefore could be obtained by a bona fide buyer who did not expect a trick.
A more common fraud scheme was designed for buyers of boxed versions of processors. Proprietary packaging implies a viewing window to demonstrate the processor itself. Attackers abrasively removed the entire native marking from the cover of the original processor, and then applied a transparent sticker with a marking from a more expensive specimen on the cover to gain profit. As a “decoy duck”, an idle processor of an entry level was often chosen, which often belonged to a completely different generation of Intel products. The attacker, thereby, profited from the difference in price between the processors received and sent back.
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