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What You Need to Know About the Foreign-Made Router Ban in the US

Simon Hill · 4 days ago · Read original ↗

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“foreign - made routers were also involved in the volt, flax, and salt typhoon cyberattacks targeting vital us infrastructure. ” foreign - made consumer routers were added to the covered list, which details equipment and services “ deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the nation…”
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“senior product security consultant at cybersecurity company finite state. " this means that even that boring beige box isp router will stop getting security patches next year. and that could lead to exploitable problems, " the majority of routers compromised and used in cyberatta…”

Summary

The FCC banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers and mobile hot spots manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you.