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TP-Link routers could be banned in the US over national security concerns


According to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter, investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened their own...

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter, investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened their own probes into TP-Link, and authorities could ban the sale of its routers in the US next year. By exploiting it, an unauthenticated attacker could inject malicious commands and gain full remote code execution privileges on the vulnerable device. The Justice Department is investigating whether this pricing strategy violates laws prohibiting potential monopolies by selling products below manufacturing cost, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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