Electronics & Industrial

• What’s driving De La Rue's fast-growing authentication business?

  14-Jun-21 - We ask authentication division chief Andrew Clint about its current performance, future trends, and staying ahead of the counterfeiters.

• Safeguarding the lubricants supply chain from fakes

  31-May-21 - Brands must adopt a proactive, tech-driven approach to securre the global lubricant supply chain from counterfeiting.

• UK company fined for selling fake Apple chargers

  16-May-21 - The counterfeit chargers could put users at risk of an electric shock, according to local Trading Standards.

• Microsoft extends De La Rue authentication contract

  13-May-21 - The tech giant will continue using De La Rue's physical and digital brand protection technologies out to 2026.

• Counterfeiters turning attention to smaller businesses, says study

  29-Apr-21 - Four out of every five small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) suffer from counterfeits and brand abuse on the Internet.

• New chair at VerifyMe as Norman Gardner retires

  23-Apr-21 - Norman Gardner has stepped down as chair of VerifyMe, and will be replaced by GPX' Scott Greenberg.

• HP counterfeit crackdown nets seizes millions of fake products

  19-Apr-21 - Largest EMEA seizure involved 54,000 counterfeit toner and ink cartridges in Nigeria, says the company.

• Fraud driving cargo thefts in Russia, says report

  15-Apr-21 - Number of incidents fell 35 per cent on 2019, with food and beverage once again the most targeted product category.

• Conference considers COVID impact on fraud patterns

  13-Apr-21 - Criminals are shifting away from cash to online bank transfers and turning to social media to trade in illegal goods.

• Counterfeiters pre-empt AirPods 3 launch

  12-Apr-21 - Reports suggest the new version of Apple's popular wireless earbuds won't be available befoe the third quarter.

• Online retailers take issue with INFORM Consumers act

  08-Apr-21 - eBay, Poshmark, Etsy, Mercari and OfferUp claim the bill could jeopardise the security of small online sellers.

• Russia boosts penalties for falsifying product barcodes

  30-Mar-21 - Introduces liability for falsification of the barcodes on goods, with penalties including fines and imprisonment.

• COVID contributes to spike in cargo theft in US during 2020

  25-Mar-21 - There were 870 thefts of cargo throughout the US last year, up 23 per cent on 2019, says Sensitech.

• Apple asked sites to pull 1m posts peddling fakes in a year

  22-Mar-21 - The company made the statement to Bloomberg as part of a report on fake iPhone chargers that pose a fire hazard.

• Russian scientists develop invisible anti-counterfeit labels

  16-Mar-21 - Luminescent rare earth is used to create an invisible image that can be detected when subjected to laser radiation.

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