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Lawmakers Say TP-Link's Rock-Bottom Prices Fuel Chinese Cyberattacks, Back US Sales Ban

  • Seventeen Republican lawmakers, led by Senator Tom Cotton, urged Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on May 14, 2025, to ban TP-Link's networking products in the US due to national security risks.
  • The call follows concerns that TP-Link’s low prices and market share have allowed Chinese state actors to exploit its small and home office routers in cyber campaigns against U.S. Critical infrastructure.
  • TP-Link disputes allegations of CCP ties, security flaws, and predatory pricing, calling the letter 'categorically false' and a smear campaign aimed at removing competition.
  • Microsoft revealed in October 2024 a Chinese botnet, CovertNetwork-1658, which hijacked about 8,000 devices, mainly TP-Link routers, to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks starting August 2023.
  • The lawmakers’ request supports ongoing investigations but acknowledges legal and evidentiary challenges, and the true scale of TP-Link’s risk to U.S. Security remains unclear.
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Bloomberg broke the news in United States on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
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