To me they're still doing a "trust but verify" system. Zero trust would mean not trusting them with their products at all and moving manufacturering elsewhere. It sounds like Anker skimped on verification and they're paying the price.
> would mean not trusting them with their products at all and moving manufacturering elsewher
That's not an option. There's usually nowhere else to go that makes financial sense. So you work in the cheap zero trust environment, and pay a bit more to verify everything.
Anker skimped on verification because there was non-zero trust, and they're paying the price.