BrianKrebs (@briankrebs@infosec.exchange)
infosec.exchange
Whoa, that escalated quickly. This just got sent out by the press folks at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC says it has decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are henceforth prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the United States. "Update Follows Determination by Executive Branch Agencies that Consumer-Grade Routers Produced in Foreign Countries Threaten National Security WASHINGTON, March 23, 2026—Today, the Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List to include all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries. Routers are the boxes in every home that connect computers, phones, and smart devices to the internet. This followed a determination by a White House-convened Executive Branch interagency body with appropriate national security expertise that such routers “pose unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States persons.” "The Executive Branch determination noted that foreign-produced routers (1) introduce “a supply chain vulnerability that could disrupt the U.S. economy, critical infrastructure, and national defense” and (2) pose “a severe cybersecurity risk that could be leveraged to immediately and severely disrupt U.S. critical infrastructure and directly harm U.S. persons.” "This action does not affect any previously-purchased consumer-grade routers. Consumers can continue to use any router they have already lawfully purchased or acquired." "Producers of consumer-grade routers that receive Conditional Approval from DoW or DHS can continue to receive FCC equipment authorizations. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit applications to conditional-approvals@fcc.gov." Not sure how many consumer-grade routers will be left for sale if it really is a ban on approvals for any foreign-made consumer routers like they said, and not just a bunch of already restricted Chinese makers like Huawei and ZTE. https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updates-covered-list-include-foreign-made-consumer-routers FCC's "covered list" of "thou shalt not entities": https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist
    • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pubEnglish
      91·
      il y a 17 heures

      https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2026/PSA260312

      Compromised devices already comprise what amounts to a foothold within US network infrastructure that makes attribution of actors and defense of critical infrastructure impossible.

      It’s actually a really good situation for China since they have access to millions of these compromised devices in police stations, fire stations, hospitals, within critical infrastructure networks etc.

      Also, the equivalent of mail censorship is already being done by more subtle means.

      The US is more fucked than you know. I just hope the US doesn’t piss china off too much. The asymmetric warfare will claim more lives of civilians than combatants.

      • FrankFrankson@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        il y a 8 heures

        Well tell us your four point plan about how to overthrow the US government and take back control. You can base it on one of the numerous revolutions you have obviously been a part of. It’s not like you are just some asshole who doesn’t really know anything about it and you are just greatly oversimplifying the situation…that couldn’t be it.

        • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          11·
          il y a 4 heures
          1. Organize
          2. Show up at the Whitehouse
          3. Burn it down
          4. Profit!!

          I’m not American but my country knows a thing or two about burning the Whitehouse down.

          • FrankFrankson@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            il y a 4 heures

            Go to Truesizeof.net and look at how fucking big America is. It’s roughly as big as all the countries involved with the Arab Spring events added together but it would basically have to be overthrown all at once. We can’t overthrow Virginia then slowly work our way around to other states.

            People outside America act like we are doing nothing but there are protests, riots, and people are getting disappeared by ICE every day. There is no magical way to get a few million people to roll over the White House becuase the president has his own very violent army (ICE) and much of the military supports him becuase they fired all the generals who didn’t.

            We are not spoiled fat lazy childten. Most of us work at least two jobs and still live paycheck to paycheck. Roughly 60% of the population is one paycheck away from homelessness.

            …but yeah all Americans are lazy fat fucks for not fixing a situation you have never been in or offer any real solutions for.

          • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
            31·
            il y a 7 heures

            Look at France because all because they wanted to raise the retirement age. Maybe we should start making jokes about Americans being docile. Like they make fun of the French being cowards. And all Americans do is protest once every couple of months. And say we good.

        • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          il y a 17 heures

          Call up your local NAACP and find activist groups to be a part of. Advocate for yourself instead of waiting for whitey to save you from the mess they created.

          • toad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            39·
            il y a 12 heures

            No but that’s fine, he voted harris. His opinion was heard and rejected. Nothing else he can do

            • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              7·
              il y a 10 heures

              As someone who’s working on starting a diyhrt homebrew and joining the SRA: unless you’ve lived through the rise of fascism stfu, chances are if you lived here you’d be doin jack shit too.

              Fascism/late stage capitalism is exhausting by design. If I didn’t spend the past decade removing corporate software from my computers I don’t even know how I’d be comfortable doing any of this safely

              Proper privacy in today’s day in age requires, at least, an understanding of Linux systems administration/, basic network architecture, and virtualization.

              That’s before we talk about neutralizing ME.

              If you’re not splitting your identities/footprint across several permanent and burner VM’s w/ different public IP’s you’re probably doing it wrong.

              How is that reasonable to expect out of the average person?

              • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
                21·
                il y a 7 heures

                You know not everything is online. And it would probably be more efficient if people got odd their phones and did shit in the real world. But maybe america well be the first virtual protest that works.

              • toad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                15·
                il y a 10 heures

                Yeal well seriously, tomorrow the nazis are marching in my city near me, and I will be there. They want to remigrate my family. I don’t need 5 VPNs, i need to leave my phone at home and physically go there.

                Sorry friend im not your enemy. But quit thinking of yourself as the main victim when your country’s bombing people for breakfast. I spent 3 years comforting my wife as her friends were getting widowed or orphaned. And guess what, harris was still in power. So less voting and more doing, chopchop.

                Stay safe

                • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
                  31·
                  il y a 6 heures

                  Wow are you from an alternative timeline? Because Harris has never been in power here.

                • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                  61·
                  il y a 8 heures

                  Yeal well seriously, tomorrow the nazis are marching in my city near me, and I will be there. They want to remigrate my family. I don’t need 5 VPNs, i need to leave my phone at home and physically go there.

                  Your medicine you need to live isn’t actively being made illegal. The FDA is already being petitioned to make lists of us. There prepping to fucking camp us. This isn’t something I need to protest its something Im going to need to live.

                  But quit thinking of yourself as the main victim when your country’s bombing people for breakfast.

                  Did I say I was?

                  So less voting and more doing, chopchop.

                  Read the previous comment and try again.

                  Sorry friend im not your enemy

                  No, but this holier than thou attitude like you’re the only one willing to do something is obnoxious.

                  • toad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    12·
                    il y a 4 heures

                    Go outside omg. You think you’re the victim? Your country bombs people

                  • toad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    13·
                    il y a 8 heures

                    No they just want to send my wife to the place where she almost got killed. The guy I was answering to isn’t doing anything, he “voted for harris”.