The United States has moved to ban the import of all new foreign-made consumer Internet routers, citing mounting cybersecurity concerns and risks to critical infrastructure, in a significant escalation of its crackdown on overseas technology. ADVERTISEMENTThe decision follows a White House-convened national security review which found that imported routers pose "a severe cybersecurity risk that could be leveraged to immediately and severely disrupt U.S. critical infrastructure." Routers — used in homes and businesses to connect computers, phones, TVs and other devices to the internet — are a critical part of digital infrastructure. Explaining the risks, the FCC said, "Malicious actors have exploited security gaps in foreign-made routers to attack American households, disrupt networks, enable espionage, and facilitate intellectual property theft." The new rules place routers on par with foreign-made drones, which were banned in the US under similar regulations in December.

Source: The Telegraph March 24, 2026 07:25 UTC