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U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - anonymouse1 - 12-18-2024
From the Wall Street Journal:
TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks. 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.
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.com, and powers internet communications for the Defense Department and other federal government agencies.
Action against the company would likely fall to the incoming Trump administration, which has signaled an aggressive approach to China.
An analysis from Microsoft published in October found that a Chinese hacking entity maintains a large network of compromised network devices mostly comprising thousands of TP-Link routers. The network has been used by numerous Chinese actors to launch cyberattacks. These actors have gone after Western targets including think tanks, government organizations, nongovernment organizations and Defense Department suppliers.
TP-Link routers are routinely shipped to customers with security flaws, which the company often fails to address, according to people familiar with the matter. While routers often have bugs, regardless of their manufacturer, TP-Link doesn’t engage with security researchers concerned about them, the people said.
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - N-OS X-tasy! - 12-18-2024
I’ve been waiting for this. It’s why I went with an ASUS router when replacing my Time Capsule a couple of years ago.
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - mattkime - 12-18-2024
I'm kind of surprised that Ubiquiti is based in the US
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - Michael - 12-18-2024
We have a TP-Link router (and also 2 Kasa smart plugs--made by TP-Link, I believe).
In a realistic sense, given that we have changed the default passwords, do we really need to worry about these things? We don't do anything nefarious on our home network so if somebody tried to blackmail us, I'd laugh. We use 2FA for all of our financial stuff so I don't imagine the Chinese can somehow get into our Fidelity accounts through the router.
So, do we need to replace these or just not buy them next time? Thanks.
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - Black - 12-18-2024
I have a few TP-link repeaters and I think my powerline adapters are TP-link as well....
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Routers in Millions of American Homes - RAMd®d - 12-18-2024
I have some Kasa smart plugs and a TP four port ethernet switch but that's it.
I didn't know they made routers, but if my AEBS quits, I'll avoid TP.
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - macphanatic - 12-18-2024
Michael wrote:
We have a TP-Link router (and also 2 Kasa smart plugs--made by TP-Link, I believe).
In a realistic sense, given that we have changed the default passwords, do we really need to worry about these things? We don't do anything nefarious on our home network so if somebody tried to blackmail us, I'd laugh. We use 2FA for all of our financial stuff so I don't imagine the Chinese can somehow get into our Fidelity accounts through the router.
So, do we need to replace these or just not buy them next time? Thanks.
Changing passwords does nothing. Some of the Chinese electronics have been found to have backdoors baked into the circuitry. I’m really surprised that we’ve waited so long to take a stand against China.
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - N-OS X-tasy! - 12-18-2024
macphanatic wrote:
[quote=Michael]
We have a TP-Link router (and also 2 Kasa smart plugs--made by TP-Link, I believe).
In a realistic sense, given that we have changed the default passwords, do we really need to worry about these things? We don't do anything nefarious on our home network so if somebody tried to blackmail us, I'd laugh. We use 2FA for all of our financial stuff so I don't imagine the Chinese can somehow get into our Fidelity accounts through the router.
So, do we need to replace these or just not buy them next time? Thanks.
Changing passwords does nothing. Some of the Chinese electronics have been found to have backdoors baked into the circuitry. I’m really surprised that we’ve waited so long to take a stand against China.
Also, the issue isn’t what TP-L might do to the user’s home network — the issue is that the hack enables their home network to be used as the launching point for nefarious attacks on other more critical networks.
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - rich in distress - 12-18-2024
… and coupled with the security issues from zero-day exploits and that beloved OS installation many ppl keep, your computing devices provide the muscle for said attacks.
Re: U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made TP-Link Router sin Millions of American Homes - Article Accelerator - 12-18-2024
I love Latvia's Mikrotik routers, etc. Geeky but very powerful…and secure:
https://mikrotik.com
I'm currently using a Mikrotik hEX S router with SFP fibre input with an attached AEBS doing WiFi network duties:
