Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
End-of-service NAS vulnerability
D-Link acknowledged a vulnerability affecting four NAS models across their hardware revisions. The products had reached end of service, and the company stated that they were no longer supported and would not receive a remediation update.
2017
FTC allegations over router and camera security
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleged that D-Link had not taken reasonable steps to secure certain routers and IP cameras and had promoted them with misleading security claims. D-Link denied the accusations; the case was settled in 2019 without a finding of liability for the alleged violations.
2013
Authentication-bypass backdoor reported in DIR-100 firmware
A firmware version for the DIR-100 revision A was reported to contain an HTTP user-agent-triggered authentication bypass. D-Link subsequently issued a security patch addressing the issue.
2006
NTP server traffic dispute
D-Link routers were reported to send large volumes of time-synchronization requests to a small Danish NTP server, imposing substantial operating costs on its administrator. Similar traffic was later associated with other time servers. No malicious intent was established, and D-Link and the server operator reached an amicable arrangement concerning authorized access.
2006
GPL compliance litigation involving D-Link Germany
The gpl-violations.org project prevailed in litigation concerning D-Link Germany’s distribution of products containing parts of the Linux kernel in a manner found to infringe applicable copyright and licensing requirements. D-Link Germany agreed to stop distributing the affected product and pay legal costs.