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TP-Link Accused of Keeping Router Prices Low to Help China Conduct Cyberattacks
GOP lawmakers want the White House to ban TP-Link networking devices over security concerns. TP-Link says it's a 'smear campaign' trying to remove a competitor from the marketplace.
A group of Republican lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to ban sales of TP-Link networking products, including the company’s popular Wi-Fi routers. “TP-Link’s deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), use of predatory pricing to eliminate trusted US alternatives, and role in embedding foreign surveillance and destructive capabilities into our networks render it a clear and present danger,” they wrote to Secretary Howard Lutnick. The lawmakers claim TP-Link is a security threat because Chinese state-sponsored hackers have exploited the company’s routers and networking devices before, giving them a way to conduct cyberespionage within the US.
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