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US officials are investigating Chinese router maker TP-Link, which has an estimated 65% US market

Is your home internet router about to be banned? The US has a new target. Sources are telling the Journal that: US officials are investigating Chinese router maker TP-Link, which has an estimated 65% US market share, and could ban the sale of its routers in 2025. Quote: 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.com, 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. 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. ENDQUOTE Many inside the industry whisper that the company routinely ships devices containing significant vulnerabilities while often reluctantly addressing security concerns. Unlike other manufacturers who actively engage with the security community when flaws emerge, TP-Link, operating through its California-based U.S. division, has maintained a more defensive stance, though their spokeswoman asserts they evaluate and address security risks. #tp-link While these router vulnerabilities appear unrelated to the recent Salt Typhoon breaches that compromised eight U.S. telecom companies, clearly these concerns are related to that. Vulnerabilities in the end point of user networks. Senior cybersecurity official Anne Neuberger announced plans to strengthen telecom supply chain security. A potential U.S. ban on TP-Link routers would represent the most significant removal of Chinese telecom hardware since 2019, when the Trump administration mandated the elimination of Huawei Technologies from American infrastructure.