Texas attorney general sues TP-Link over purported connection to China2026-02-17 18:11 by DanielaTags: TP-Link
Texas is suing TP-Link over allegations that the Wi-Fi router maker has been misleading US consumers about the company's ties to China. On Tuesday, the state's attorney general Ken Paxton announced the lawsuit, which involves ongoing security worries that TP-Link poses a spying threat because the company was originally founded in China. TP-Link has been fending off the allegations by pointing to how the US brand spun off from its Chinese counterpart, starting back in 2022, to form TP-Link Systems in Irvine, California. The company has also been relying on a factory in Vietnam to assemble products for the US market. However, Paxton's lawsuit takes aim at how TP-Link has been placing "Made in Vietnam" stickers on the company's products, even though "nearly all of the components found inside of TP-Link's devices are imported from China." TP-Link was reportedly being investigated at the federal level in 2024 after its devices were connected to the massive "Salt Typhoon" hack that accessed data from multiple US telecom companies. Despite all signs pointing to the federal government getting ready to ban TP-Link in 2025, Reuters reports that the Trump administration paused plans to ban the company's routers in early February, ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping. Read more -here-
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