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2 weeks agoHacker stole 700,000 from U.K. energy company by redirecting payment | TechCrunch
Zephyr Energy lost £700,000 due to a hacker redirecting a payment meant for a contractor into a fraudulent account.
About a year after the notion was first tossed about, the push for the US government to ban a very popular brand of router is gaining momentum. Last December, the US Justice, Commerce, and Defense departments initiated an investigation into Chinese-owned TP-Link due to security concerns. Now, according to a report from The Washington Post, several government agencies are officially backing a proposal by the Commerce Department to ban the sale of all of the company's networking devices in the US.