Teardown of cheap USB drives shows storage capacity faked via microSD card

This article documents a concrete supply-chain attack vector: Chinese-manufactured counterfeit USB devices with embedded malware are already penetrating allied defence procurement (Japan's Defence Forces confirmed infected). Australia's industrial base and critical infrastructure face identical risk if sourcing from compromised suppliers; the attack method is low-cost, scalable, and targets trusted commodity channels. Decoupling from Chinese electronics manufacturing and hardening supply-chain vetting for defence and infrastructure systems are strategic priorities exposed as inadequate.