It's worth mentioning that FTDI's response to this was to update their windows drivers [1] - which caused the fake devices to be bricked - and that affected a lot of companies who unknowingly had used the fake chips on their PCB designs. Eventually they reversed course but a lot of HW was essentially sent to the landfill.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/ftdis...