The manufacture of counterfeit (or fake) components is an illegal process that emerged due to the transferable value of electronic parts. Any company requiring components to manufacture PCBs is at risk and many have already received batches of “bad” devices. Counterfeiting can be achieved through various processes, including removing devices from scrap boards, then superficially repairing and rebranding or using normal manufacturing capabilities in “ghost shifts” outside of standard hours, which may have several manufacturing faults (some may not even contain a silicon die). Differentiating counterfeit components is usually expensive and time-consuming. Waiting for devices to be tested on a PCB is dangerous and might lead to the recall of entire batches.