{"id":229255,"date":"2026-03-25T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/us-fcc-bans-foreign-made-routers-over-national-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:05:13","slug":"us-fcc-bans-foreign-made-routers-over-national-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/us-fcc-bans-foreign-made-routers-over-national-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"US: FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers Over National Security Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

US: FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers Over National Security Concerns<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news\/us-fcc-bans-foreign-made-routers\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-25 08:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.infosecurity-magazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned the import and sale of all \u201cconsumer-grade\u201d internet routers produced in a foreign country, citing \u201can unacceptable risk\u201d to the national security of the US.<\/p>\n

The ban, announced in an FCC public notice on March 23, means that all such routers made in foreign countries \u2013 not just a few select Chinese vendors \u2013 are now placed on the FCC\u2019s covered list.<\/p>\n

The only exceptions include routers that have been granted a conditional approval by the US Department of Defense (DoD) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS). At the time of writing, the list of exceptions only includes drone systems and online surveillance systems.<\/p>\n

The agency highlighted that foreign-made routers \u201cwere directly implicated\u201d in the Volt, Flax and Salt Typhoon cyber-attacks which targeted critical American communications, energy, transportation and water infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Consumer Routers Under Fire<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While the public notice sounds like a blanket ban of all foreign-made routers in the US, the FCC specifically banned \u201cconsumer-grade routers\u201d as defined in NIST Internal Report 8425A, which refers to ones \u201cintended for residential use and can be installed by the customer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Existing Wi-Fi and wired routers currently in use may continue operating without restriction.<\/p>\n

Futher, companies that have previously secured FCC radio authorization for specific foreign-manufactured networking equipment are permitted to maintain imports of those approved models.<\/p>\n

However, since nearly all consumer-grade routers are produced outside the US, the FCC\u2019s action effectively prohibits the import of the majority of future consumer router models.<\/p>\n

Shane Barney, CISO at Keeper Security, warned that focusing solely on country-of-origin risks oversimplifying a much broader security challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn enterprise environments, routers and network devices are seen not just as connectivity tools, but as high-value control points that sit outside…<\/p>\n

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