TP-Link routers may be banned in the US, the company is accused of involvement in Chinese cyber attacks
Approximately 65% of Americans have a TP-Link router at home.
The products of one of the most popular manufacturers of Wi-Fi routers, TP-Link, may be banned in the United States within the next year. The company is accused of involvement in Chinese cyber attacks on the United States.
This information is shared by The Wall Street Journal. According to the publisher, the activities of the Chinese company in America are now being investigated by the US Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice. Sources of The Wall Street Journal report that TP-Link routers have technical vulnerabilities for hackers.
In October, Microsoft discovered that Chinese hackers Storm-0940 used a botnet to launch cyberattacks on the corporation's users. The devices of the botnet participants were infected through TP-Link routers, which hackers hacked using “password spraying”, this is when the attackers…
