On January 5, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued for
permanent injunction a Taiwan-based computer networking equipment
manufacturer D-Link Corporation and its U.S. subsidiary, alleging
that D-Link's inadequate security measures left its wireless
routers and IP cameras used to monitor private areas of homes and
businesses vulnerable to hackers, thereby compromising U.S.
consumers' privacy.
In the complaint filed in the Northern District of
California, Federal Trade Commission v. D-Link Systems Corp. et
al., Case Number 3:17cv39, the FTC alleged that D-Link failed
to take reasonable steps to secure its routers and Internet
Protocol (IP) cameras, potentially compromising sensitive consumer
information, including live video and audio feeds from D-Link IP
cameras. The FTC's allegation of consumer injury is limited to
the statement that due to the lack of security, consumers "are
likely to suffer substantial injury" and that, unless stopped
by an injunction,
