As a testament to this finding, we document the decimation of online credit-card financed counterfeit software sales due to a focused eradication effort.

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Threats to the supply chain range from the installation of malicious code in either hardware or software to the installiation of counterfeit equipment and the disruption of the production of critical components.

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Yet even with the threat of fines, people still download black market software, and the sale of counterfeit goods is a billion dollar industry.

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