Despite of a controversial practice, having the key components of a product undergo
accelerated aging has been a very effective approach for planned obsolescence. All
previous studies on planned obsolescence merely focused on the aging process itself;
however, if a malfunctioned product due to aging is still under its warranty, the manufacturer
suffers from financial losses in the form of customer refund and/or product repair. In this
paper, we reveal an enhanced planned obsolescence attack that takes the warranty issue …