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Popular router manufacturer TP-Link is being investigated by US authorities over an alleged connection to cyberattacks emanating from the PRC. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Commerce, Justice and Defense departments are all investigating the company and the Commerce Department has gone as far as issuing a subpoena to TP-Link. The WSJ states that TP-Link holds close to a 65 percent market share in the US consumer router market, which puts the company in a unique market position.
The end results of the investigations, assuming either US authority finds any wrongdoings, could lead to TP-Link being banned from selling its routers in the US. A spokeswoman for TP-Link in the US issued the following statement to the WSJ "We welcome any opportunities to engage with the U.S. government to demonstrate that our security practices are fully in line with industry security standards, and to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the U.S. market, U.S. consumers, and addressing U.S. national security risks".
At this point in time, it's unclear on what grounds TP-Link is being investigated beyond being a PRC based company and the WSJ mentions that no US officials have disclosed any obvious means of the PRC being able to leverage TP-Link routers to perform cyberattacks on US targets. Almost all router manufacturers, regardless if they target consumers or corporations, have suffered from various vulnerabilities that hackers have taken advantage of in the past, to create massive DDOS attacks, but these investigations don't appear to be going after sloppy firmware releases.
Instead, it sounds like the US authorities are suspecting something more sinister here, but if that truly is the case, then there ought to be indications from other nations that similar activity is happening there and so far, this has not been reported to be the case, but both Taiwan and India have banned the use of TP-Link products in government facilities, calling the devices a security risk. Time will tell what the Commerce, Justice and Defense departments digs up, but neither authority is expected to deliver their findings until sometime next year.
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The end results of the investigations, assuming either US authority finds any wrongdoings, could lead to TP-Link being banned from selling its routers in the US. A spokeswoman for TP-Link in the US issued the following statement to the WSJ "We welcome any opportunities to engage with the U.S. government to demonstrate that our security practices are fully in line with industry security standards, and to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the U.S. market, U.S. consumers, and addressing U.S. national security risks".
At this point in time, it's unclear on what grounds TP-Link is being investigated beyond being a PRC based company and the WSJ mentions that no US officials have disclosed any obvious means of the PRC being able to leverage TP-Link routers to perform cyberattacks on US targets. Almost all router manufacturers, regardless if they target consumers or corporations, have suffered from various vulnerabilities that hackers have taken advantage of in the past, to create massive DDOS attacks, but these investigations don't appear to be going after sloppy firmware releases.
Instead, it sounds like the US authorities are suspecting something more sinister here, but if that truly is the case, then there ought to be indications from other nations that similar activity is happening there and so far, this has not been reported to be the case, but both Taiwan and India have banned the use of TP-Link products in government facilities, calling the devices a security risk. Time will tell what the Commerce, Justice and Defense departments digs up, but neither authority is expected to deliver their findings until sometime next year.
View at TechPowerUp Main Site | Source
