Most popular home internet routers in US may be banned as national security risk
Most popular home internet routers in US may be banned as national security risk
admin 2024/12/18 22:37The most popular home internet router brand in the US may be banned from sale in the country over fears that it represents a threat to national security.
Three separate US agencies have opened investigations into TP-Link routers, which account for 65% of the US market, in part because badged versions are supplied to customers by more than 300 ISPs …
The WSJ reports.
U.S. authorities are investigating whether a Chinese company whose popular home-internet routers have been linked to cyberattacks poses a national-security risk and are considering banning the devices […]
Investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened their own probes into the company, and authorities could ban the sale of TP-Link routers in the U.S. next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
It’s long been worrying that so many ISPs choose to supply broadband customers with routers made by TP-Link, given that they have frequently shipped with security flaws which the company fails to patch. Even more so that they have been purchased by sensitive government agencies.
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Three separate US agencies have opened investigations into TP-Link routers, which account for 65% of the US market, in part because badged versions are supplied to customers by more than 300 ISPs …
The WSJ reports.
U.S. authorities are investigating whether a Chinese company whose popular home-internet routers have been linked to cyberattacks poses a national-security risk and are considering banning the devices […]
Investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened their own probes into the company, and authorities could ban the sale of TP-Link routers in the U.S. next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
It’s long been worrying that so many ISPs choose to supply broadband customers with routers made by TP-Link, given that they have frequently shipped with security flaws which the company fails to patch. Even more so that they have been purchased by sensitive government agencies.
➤➤➤ SEE MORE @ 9-5mac
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