TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks
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.
The router-manufacturer TP-Link, established in China, has roughly 65% of the U.S. market for routers for homes and small businesses. It is also the top choice on Amazon, and powers internet communications for the Defense Department and other federal government agencies.
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. An office of the Commerce Department has subpoenaed TP-Link, some of the people said. Action against the company would likely fall to the incoming Trump administration, which has signaled an aggressive approach to China.
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Just their routers? I buy their PCIe network cards all the time. I chose them specifically because their corporate headquarters are in the US. Guessing I screwed that one up, huh?
If the issue is, as the article suggests, unpatched router firmware vulnerabilities, then you should still be good.
Dodged a bullet then, sweet! I’ll be looking elsewhere for my next batch at least.