US authorities are investigating whether TP-Link, a Chinese company that manufactures a popular home-internet router sold on Amazon, poses a national security risk.
U.S. authorities are investigating Amazon 's most popular router and whether its Chinese ownership poses a national security risk. Investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened probes into TP-Link, a Chinese company that manufactures a popular home-internet router that's been linked to cyberattacks, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. It is possible U.S. officials could ban the sale of TP-Link routers as early as next year.
TP-Link has roughly 65 percent of the U.S. market for routers for homes and small businesses. TP-Link is also used to power internet communications for federal government agencies, including the Defense Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and NASA. TP-Link is also one of more than 300 internet providers whose routers are mailed out to U.S. homes that sign up for its services. A ban on TP-Link routers would be the biggest extraction of Chinese telecom equipment from the U.S. since the first Trump administration imposed massive restrictions on Huawei Technologies. The administration halted shipments and banned them from a federal subsidy program after determining the company was a 'national security threat.' TP-Link routers are marked as 'best sellers' on Amazon, like its AX3000 model, which was purchased more than 9,000 times in the past month. An analysis from Microsoft published in October found that a network made up of thousands of TP-Link routers had been 'compromised' by numerous Chinese actors that launched cyberattacks against think tanks, government organizations, nongovernment organizations and Defense Department suppliers. TP-Link has tried to distance itself from China amid growing tensions between the U.S. and the Chinese. The company said in October that its headquarters would be relocated to California as part of an effort to 'solidify its presence in the U.S.
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