US may ban the most popular home router over Chinese security fears

US may ban the most popular home router over Chinese security fears
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US may ban the most popular home router over Chinese security fears
Author: news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher)
Published: Dec, 18 2024 14:28

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The Chinese-made TP-Link router used by Amazon, hundreds of ISPs, and 65% of the US market, is facing an investigation that could see it banned by the government.

US may ban the most popular home router over Chinese security fears A TP-Link router.

It's also close to how in 2022 the Biden administration's FCC declared Kaspersky anti-virus software to be a national security risk.

Now according to the Wall Street Journal, the US Commerce, Defense, and Justice Departments have each opened probes into China's TP-Link.

While TP-Link routers are not specifically linked to the Salt Typhoon attacks, the three Departments are concerned that such action has exposed vulnerabilities that TP-Link is allegedly slow to resolve.

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