Monoprice is UL certified and so are their cables. This looks to be like counterfeit cable with monoprice packaging. If you look on the UL website and type monoprice into their search box you see that monoprice is fine. Unless I'm mistaken about something, I think you need to issue a retraction. Monoprice is a BBB accredited business with an A+ rating, I would be extremely surprised if this was actually the case. If you notice on the link you provided it does not list monoprice as the retailer of this faulty cable, but some random website that looks like it has been dismantled. My guess is that they put cheaper cable in a monoprice box and were selling it.