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U.S. lawmakers request probe into Chinese router manufacturer TP-Link — letter cites cybersecurity vulnerabilities with TP-Link routers | TP-Link reported to be in used in military bases, Department of Defense staff
TP-Link reported to be in used in military bases, Department of Defense staff
The chairman of the ‘Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’ John Moolenar, and the ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi have formally requested the Commerce Department and other agencies to investigate Chinese-made networking devices, particularly those made by TP-Link, regarding the potential cybersecurity risk they pose due to their unusual degree of vulnerabilities and other reasons mentioned in the letter. The congressmen said,” Companies like TP-Link are required to provide data to the PRC (People’s Republic of China) government and otherwise comply with the demands of its national security apparatus.” The Commerce Department has the power to restrict or ban certain products that pose a threat, as it did with networking technologies made by companies like ZTC and Huawei.
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