The machine was working yesterday because you were stealing FTDI drivers. The machine is not working today because FTDI stopped you stealing their drivers.
"Stealing" is theft, the taking of property with intent to permanently deprive the owner. Using a software driver without consent of the copyright holder is more akin to pillage and murder on the high seas, so we prefer to call it "piracy" or "terrorism".
Most people do not demand that FTDI's precious drivers work with counterfeit chips, just that they not intentionally destroy them.
Apparently you are sure that you never have and never will obtain a device containing a fake FT232. Apparently you think that anyone who
has obtained such a device is a cheapskate who thoroughly deserves to have their hardware bricked, possibly long after it is out of warranty,
Even disregarding how wrong you are about that, you ignore the effects on FTDI's reputation.
They quickly back-tracked, but you continue to defend their original, malicious, behavior. Previously it was suggested you were an FTDI shill, but I think you are more likely an anti-FTDI shill, defending a policy long discontinued in order to sow further doubt.