D-Link Settles FTC Complaint, Agrees to Implement New Security Program

Router and webcam maker D-Link has agreed to implement a new security program to settle charges it failed to safeguard its hardware against well-known and preventable hacks and misrepresented its existing security regimen. The agreement settles a 2017 complaint by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that alleged D-Link left thousands of customers open to potentially costly hack attacks.

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