Security News TP-Link routers could be banned in the US over national security concerns

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TP-Link routers, one of the most popular brands of routers in the US and the dominant name in Amazon's best-sellers chart, could be banned in the US. Authorities say the Chinese-made devices, which have been found to contain vulnerabilities in the past, pose a national security risk.

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter, investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened their own probes into TP-Link, and authorities could ban the sale of its routers in the US next year. The sources say an office of the Commerce Department has subpoenaed TP-Link.

TP-Link has around 65% of the US market for routers used in homes and small businesses. It gained another 5% share of the market in just the third quarter of this year, the WSJ said. Eleven of the top twenty best-selling routers on Amazon are from the Shenzhen-headquartered company, including the number one (AX3000) and number two (AX1800).

TP-Link routers could be banned in the US over national security concerns

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter, investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened their own...

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[Jonny Quest]

USA, "the land of the free, and the home of the banned". Kaspersky, you're not alone.

 

[TairikuOkami]

USA, "the land of the free, and the home of the banned". Kaspersky, you're not alone.

I totally support home made products, but not when they are forced. In the end, no competition will result in inferior and overpriced products, like iPhone.

 

[zidong]

USA, "the land of the free, and the home of the banned". Kaspersky, you're not alone.

Do you think that everyone is wrong except kaspersky and russia?
BTW, the children of the russian elite live in the West - England, France, Netherlands, USA, not in russia. Why is that?

 

[rashmi]

USA, "the land of the free, and the home of the banned". Kaspersky, you're not alone.

USA, the land of the free... free to do as you're told.

 

[Sammo]

I wonder if my TP Link routers will still work

 

[bazang]

USA, "the land of the free, and the home of the banned". Kaspersky, you're not alone.

There is significant justification to ban TP-Link based upon IT security researchers that is common knowledge amongst those in the know. TP-Link products are manufactured very cheaply without any secure coding practices. They are replete with vulnerabilities with a long historical record of being insecure.
“TP-Link’s unusual degree of vulnerabilities and required compliance with PRC law are in and of themselves disconcerting. When combined with the PRC government’s common use of SOHO routers like TP-Link to perpetrate extensive cyberattacks in the US, it becomes significantly alarming,” the letter read.
In October, Microsoft published an analysis that highlighted that compromised TP-Link devices were integral to the activities of “CovertNetwork-1658,” a China-linked hacking operation. These routers reportedly provided a network of egress IPs that masked subsequent attacks on American critical infrastructure, part of a broader campaign dubbed Volt Typhoon.

“CovertNetwork-1658 specifically refers to a collection of egress IPs that may be used by one or more Chinese threat actors and is wholly comprised of compromised devices. Microsoft assesses that a threat actor located in China established and maintains this network,” Microsoft said in its report.

TP-Link CVE history:

CVE - Search Results

I totally support home made products, but not when they are forced. In the end, no competition will result in inferior and overpriced products, like iPhone.

TCP-Link holds 65% of the U.S. market. The TCP-Link leadership's strategy is to flood the U.S. market with cheap network devices (that turn out to be insecure because they are manufactured cheaply without the required QA\QC and Security Testing).

iPhone has huge competition from Android. It is expensive because the manufacturing standards are high and also due to the huge global consumer demand. Those consumers consider it the superior mobile phone hardware platform.

Every single time I have purchased an Android phone, I always switch back to iPhone because - in my experience - the iPhone is superior. I use it as a phone and communication device. iPhone has proven to be much more reliable and longer lasting than even the flagship Android phones that I have purchased.

A large number of features is not a measure of quality. It is how well a feature or the hardware itself functions.

Android is the worst value because its updates and security support are limited to only a few years. Meanwhile iPhones are supported for 10+ years. My iPhone 6 still works, still lasts all day, and receives security updates. 10 years old.

 

[superleeds27]

There is significant justification to ban TP-Link based upon IT security researchers that is common knowledge amongst those in the know. TP-Link products are manufactured very cheaply without any secure coding practices. They are replete with vulnerabilities with a long historical record of being insecure.
“TP-Link’s unusual degree of vulnerabilities and required compliance with PRC law are in and of themselves disconcerting. When combined with the PRC government’s common use of SOHO routers like TP-Link to perpetrate extensive cyberattacks in the US, it becomes significantly alarming,” the letter read.
In October, Microsoft published an analysis that highlighted that compromised TP-Link devices were integral to the activities of “CovertNetwork-1658,” a China-linked hacking operation. These routers reportedly provided a network of egress IPs that masked subsequent attacks on American critical infrastructure, part of a broader campaign dubbed Volt Typhoon.

“CovertNetwork-1658 specifically refers to a collection of egress IPs that may be used by one or more Chinese threat actors and is wholly comprised of compromised devices. Microsoft assesses that a threat actor located in China established and maintains this network,” Microsoft said in its report.

TP-Link CVE history:

CVE - Search Results

TCP-Link holds 65% of the U.S. market. The TCP-Link leadership's strategy is to flood the U.S. market with cheap network devices (that turn out to be insecure because they are manufactured cheaply without the required QA\QC and Security Testing).

iPhone has huge competition from Android. It is expensive because the manufacturing standards are high and also due to the huge global consumer demand. Those consumers consider it the superior mobile phone hardware platform.

Every single time I have purchased an Android phone, I always switch back to iPhone because - in my experience - the iPhone is superior. I use it as a phone and communication device. iPhone has proven to be much more reliable and longer lasting than even the flagship Android phones that I have purchased.

A large number of features is not a measure of quality. It is how well a feature or the hardware itself functions.

Android is the worst value because its updates and security support are limited to only a few years. Meanwhile iPhones are supported for 10+ years. My iPhone 6 still works, still lasts all day, and receives security updates. 10 years old.

This seems to be slowly changing though. 7 years for Pixel devices now I think