The routers are among the most popular on Amazon. TP-Links are among the top-selling routers on Amazon, and up to 65 percent of the U.S. router market belongs to the company, according to CNBC. Now, investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have all opened up probes into the company, according to the Journal, and officials could move to ban the routers within the next year.
![[Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat, is calling for the federal government to take action and ban the routers]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/03/07/05/China_US_Influence_45039.jpg)
Krishnamoorthi told CNBC he is still not aware of any plans to ban the routers, however. “I am not aware of any plans to get them out,” Krishanoorthi told the outlet. The Illinois lawmaker hopes the federal government will take similar actions to 2020, when officials mandated that companies get rid of all network equipment from the Chinese company Huawei after it was determined to pose a national security threat, according to CNBC.
![[The TP-link router has come under fire as a possible threat to national security from U.S. officials]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/18/17/61dElQsduAL._AC_SY355_.jpg)
“I am wondering whether something similar needs to be done, at least in regards to national security agencies, Department of Defense, and Intelligence,” he told the outlet. “It just doesn’t make sense for the U.S government to be buying the routers.”.
Other lawmakers agree. The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by Moolenaar, said in a statement to CNBC the routers pose an espionage risk to Americans. “Because of this, we hope to see TP-link routers banned in the coming year, coupled with programs to replace existing Chinese routers with safe American alternatives,” the committee’s statement read.
