On Friday, FBI officials announced that following an investigation (code-named Operation Cisco Raider) regarding counterfeit network components produced in China, that were bought by the U.S. government, $3.5 million worth of fake devices were recovered.

The main concern with this entire situation was the posibility that the counterfeit network components may have enabled hackers to access government databases. Fortunately, as found in the investigation results, this was not the case. According to a Cisco spokesman, no dangerous counterfeit products were found as, with their illegally made products, the counterfeiters only seem to have targeted quick profits and no interest what so ever was shown in accessing U.S. secret information.

“We did not find any evidence of re-engineering in the manner that was described in the F.B.I. presentation,” John Noh, a Cisco spokesman said, according to the New York Times. “We know what these counterfeiters are about,” he added.

As F.B.I. spokeswoman Catherine L. Milhoan said, the agency had no intention of actively involving the Chinese government in the counterfeiting issue. She went on to say that the U.S. and Chinese governments have closely worked together on the case and that several arrests have been made in China during the investigation.

FBI’s efforts were quite serious, as 15 investigations, that were carried out at nine FBI field offices, and the execution of 39 search warrants were included in Operation Cisco Raider.