Report: US considers banning TP-Link routers over security flaws, ties to China
US government authorities are reportedly investigating whether to ban TP-Link wireless routers, which have been targeted in some high-profile attacks linked to the Chinese government. TP-Link, which was founded in China in 1996 and said it relocated its headquarters to the US in October this year, has racked up significant market share in US homes and businesses.
US authorities are investigating whether TP-Link “poses a national-security risk and are considering banning the devices,” The Wall Street Journal reported today. The WSJ notes that TP-Link is “the top choice on Amazon.com, and powers Internet communications for the Defense Department and other federal government agencies.”
The WSJ wrote:
Related Knowledge Center: Digital privacy and data security
If you’re online, you’re generating a constant stream of information about yourself — sometimes voluntarily, sometimes unwittingly — that is assembled and used to craft your online experience. And generate wealth for data brokers. Meanwhile, designers and managers of the digital infrastructure on which the world depends are engaged in a never-ending effort to thwart attempts, by both criminal enterprises and state actors, to exploit vulnerabilities in those systems.
Signalgate | State surveillance