# Router Manufacturer Found With Multiple Backdoors in its Products

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/router-manufacturer-found-with-multiple-backdoors-in-its-products/40363
**Category:** News
**Created:** 2026-08-31T19:25:48Z
**Posts:** 3

## Post 1 by @fria — 2026-08-31T19:25:48Z

Researchers at [VulnCheck](https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/zbt-darklantern-speakingstone) found multiple backdoors in routers from Chinese manufacturer Zbtlink allowing a remote server root access to the router with no authentication.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/31/router-manufacturer-found-with-multiple-backdoors-in-its-products/](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/31/router-manufacturer-found-with-multiple-backdoors-in-its-products/)

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## Post 2 by @levobe2624 — 2026-08-31T20:30:09Z

This is why I don’t trust any products from China. Sadly, most electronic products come from there, including routers. Very, very few routers are made outside of China. I just stick with my Starlink router because I believe it was manufactured in the United States.

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## Post 3 by @seize — 2026-08-31T21:16:51Z

That may not _entirely_ be that case for Starlink…

> **[Will Starlink Escape the FCC's Router Ban? Not With Production in Vietnam](https://www.pcmag.com/news/will-starlink-escape-the-fccs-router-ban-not-with-production-in-vietnam)**
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> We spoke to a Starlink installer who showed us multiple routers stamped with 'Made in Vietnam.' However, SpaceX has a large factory in Texas that it could shift production to, if needed.