As the result of a far-reaching investigation dubbed "Operation Cisco Raider", the FBI has announced the detection of 3500 counterfeit Cisco products already installed in vital U.S. military and utility networks, prompting fears that the fraudulent gear may have been a vehicle allowing an attempt to infect those networks with Trojan Horses and other malware. These fears almost certainly were further fueled by a recent discovery by the University of Illinois which indicated that processors are susceptible to backdoor programming that would enable practically undetectable intrusion into effected systems. Cisco views the fake equipment differently, offering an explanation that the counterfeiters' most likely motivation was simply to make a quick cash score. Either way, this is an unacceptable and frightening revelation that carries potentially devastating consequences for Americans.