{
  "id": 12628366,
  "title": "Florida sues TP-Link for ‘lying about the safety of its routers’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/florida-sues-tp-link-for-lying-about-the-safety-of-its-routers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-07T12:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/florida-sues-tp-link-for-lying-about-the-safety-of-its-routers-state-claims-that-manufacturer-misrepresented-its-security-and-ties-to-china"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against TP-Link, alleging that the company has been dishonest about the safety of its routers and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In a video posted on X, Uthmeier stated that TP-Link's claims of having secure routers are false. The lawsuit claims that TP-Link misled Floridians about the security of its routers, its separation from China, and the potential risks to their data. According to Uthmeier, Chinese state-sponsored hackers have exploited TP-Link routers in American homes, as many models cannot update themselves automatically, and the company has ceased supporting them. TP-Link has also claimed to have severed ties with a Chinese company, despite Pentagon designations and research showing that manufacturing remains in China. The federal government began investigating TP-Link in 2024, with the Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, and Department of Justice looking into potential unfair trade practices and threats to national security. Although TP-Link tried to distance itself from its Chinese parent company and began making routers in Vietnam since 2018, it remains a target due to its alleged connections to Beijing. Other states, including Iowa, Nebraska, and Montana, have also joined Florida in suing TP-Link for similar reasons, aiming to protect their citizens from the Chinese Communist Party.",
  "summary": "Florida and three other states have sued the company on the grounds that it's misleading their citizens about the security of its products and its ties with China.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}