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00:00Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over TP-Link Products on Military Bases
00:04A bipartisan group of 23 lawmakers is urging the Trump administration to investigate TP-Link
00:10technologies and its affiliates over potential national security risks tied to Chinese Communist
00:15Party influence. According to the New York Post, the concern centers on TP-Link products quietly
00:21sold on Army, Air Force, and Navy exchanges, as well as widely available online. Open-source
00:27information indicates that TP-Link represents a serious and present danger to U.S. ICTS
00:33security, the lawmakers wrote in a Thursday letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
00:38Senator Joni Ernst, who led the letter, emphasized the risk of Chinese infiltration.
00:43China will use any way to infiltrate us, and we must ensure they cannot access our homeland
00:49or military bases, she told the Post. Ernst likened the situation to previous concerns
00:55over Huawei technologies, calling on the administration to determine if TP-Link could be
01:00a Trojan horse compromising our national security. TP-Link, based in Shenzhen with a U.S. office
01:07in Irvine, California, makes routers, cameras, and other smart devices. But China's 2017 National
01:13Intelligence Law, which requires cooperation with state intelligence, has raised concerns
01:18about potential backdoors in such equipment. These products are used by the U.S. military and
01:24sold on Amazon, Representative Ashley Hinson said. This is yet another backdoor for the
01:29CCP to track or exploit Americans, and closing it should be a no-brainer in an era when cyber
01:35warfare defines the threats we face. TP-Link has received several government contracts, including
01:41a $174,195 Defense Department award, and its products remain top sellers on Amazon and Walmart.
01:49The company has strongly denied the allegations. TP-Link products do not present national security
01:55risks to the United States, the spokesperson said. Neither the Chinese government nor the CCP exercises
02:02any form of ownership or control over TP-Link, its products, or its user data. TP-Link's founder and
02:08CEO, Jeffrey Chow, resides in Irvine, California, and is not and never has been a member of the CCP.
02:15The company said U.S. data is stored on AWS servers in Virginia and safeguarded against foreign
02:21interference. Lawmakers are urging the Commerce Department to assess any national security risks
02:27risks tied to TP-Link and report back by November 30.
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