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US weighs ban on Chinese-made router in millions of American homes

U.S. authorities are investigating whether a Chinese company whose popular home-internet routers have been linked to cyberattacks poses a national-security risk and are considering banning the devices. Investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments have opened their own probes into the company, and authorities could ban the sale of TP-Link routers in the U.S. next year, according to people …

Chinese hackers infiltrated home wifi routers to attack infrastructure, FBI warns

Chinese state- A US government investigation found that hundreds of old routers had been infected with malware by a Beijing-backed hacking group known as “Volt Typhoon”. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has previously warned that hackers backed by the Chinese state were trying to infiltrate Britain’s key infrastructure and hiding in computers to “evade detection”. Ken McCallum, the director …

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A cybersecurity advisory, which includes America’s National Security Agency, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, and Federal Bureau of Investigation, etc, has said that in a cyber-espionage campaign lasting at least two years, Chinese government-backed hackers have broken into a number of major telecom businesses throughout the world. The US officials said that the hackers utilised the stolen devices to acquire …

Is Your Made In China Wi-Fi Router A Bigger Threat Than Banned Chinese Apps?

With the government of India’s recent ban on 59 Chinese apps, the aspect of data security was brought to the fore. Understanding how backdoors work The key to understanding whether Wi-Fi routers being made in China can pose a security threat lies in understanding what a router backdoor is. In such cases, it becomes important to understand whether these backdoors …

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