Is TP-Link really sus?

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Countries like Taiwan have already banned importing TP-Link products because they have been hacked and turned into botnets, or worse, specifically targeted entry points into companies like Microsoft.

TP-Link has been around for years. I used to go down to Fry’s and buy TP-Link routers and switches for clients because they were cheap and decently good. Just because it’s made in China doesn’t make it sus.

What’s concerning about these news reports is that there are companies, government offices, and home networks using vulnerable network hardware. Keyword vulnerable because any network device can be hacked if the right conditions exist: they are accessible from the internet, and they are not updated, or not configured right. So how do you be sure your things are secure?

Find if your network has TP-Link hardware, routers or wifi extenders. Log in, change the admin password to something private, update the firmware. If you can’t find an updated firmware it’s probably out of support and you should replace it with newer hardware.

Using TP-Link hardware is not necessarily sus. But do some research just to be sure!