Overview
- The Department of Justice has launched both criminal and civil antitrust investigations into TP-Link, examining whether the company used predatory pricing to dominate the U.S. router market.
- The Commerce Department is investigating TP-Link's ties to China and whether they pose national security risks, with a focus on its corporate restructuring in 2024.
- TP-Link controls approximately 65% of the U.S. home and small business router market, with several best-selling models on Amazon.
- Security vulnerabilities in TP-Link routers have been exploited in state-backed cyberattacks, including a botnet of 16,000 devices exposed by Microsoft in October 2024.
- Regulators are assessing whether TP-Link's 2024 reorganization, which created a U.S.-based entity, sufficiently separates it from its Chinese parent company.