D-Link sued by US authorities over "easily preventable" security flaws

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Selling internet-connect gear that's easily compromised? The FTC is coming for you (even if UK agencies aren't)

Taiwanese networking equipment maker D-Link is being sued by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which claims that the company made routers and other internet-connected devices with inadequate s...

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