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Attorney General McCuskey joins multi-state coalition raising concerns over Wi-Fi company’s ties to China
Attorney General McCuskey joins multi-state coalition raising concerns over Wi-Fi company’s ties to China October 7, 2026 Today, West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey joined a multi-state coalition of 21 state attorneys general in raising concerns to the Federal Communications Commission over a Wi-Fi company’s close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The letter claims use of TP-Link routers creates unnecessary national security risks.TP-Link controls at least 60 percent of the U.S. retail market for Wi-Fi systems and small office/home-office routers. The company is now requesting conditional approval to sell new router models in the United States. As the FCC’s March 23, 2026, Public Notice explained: “Routers are the key networking device that enable American homes, schools, businesses, critical infrastructure providers, and emergency services to connect to the internet every day. …Compromised routers can enable in-depth network surveillance, data exfiltration, botnet attacks, and unauthorized access to U.S. Government or American businesses’ networks.” The letter addresses concerns that TP-Link has ongoing ties to the Chinese military and relies on major research and development and manufacturing operations in China. Although TP-Link recently constructed a manufacturing plant in Vietnam, a vast majority of the components used at the plant are imported from or through China, and the plant was constructed by a contractor with ties to the Chinese military. These ongoing relationships create serious security concerns that must be addressed before a decision is made on TP-Link’s request for conditional approval.“As the state’s attorney general, I have a duty to do all I can to protect consumers – and consumers need to be aware of this risk. Additionally, cyber-attacks pose a grave threat to our national security so we are asking the FCC to address these concerns before allowing this company to expand in this country,” Attorney General McCuskey said. TP-Link routers have been implicated in a number of serious cyber attacks by Russian intelligence and Chinese state actors. The attacks involved unauthorized access to TP-Link routers, which enabled hackers to gain administrator access and conscript the routers into an illegal botnet. Hackers can use botnets to gain access to targeted systems, or to steal consumers’ sensitive information, including private communications, usage data, passwords, financial records, and more.In addition to West Virginia, the letter was signed by attorneys general from the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.The letter can be read here. ###
West Virginia Joins 44-State, $2.3 Million Settlement with Labcorp Over Data Breach
West Virginia Joins 44-State, $2.3 Million Settlement with Labcorp Over Data Breach September 24, 2026 Attorney General JB McCuskey announced that West Virginia, as part of a coalition of 44 attorneys general, has reached a $2.3 million multistate settlement with the Laboratory Corporation of America (“Labcorp”). The settlement resolves the investigation into the 2019 data breach at Labcorp’s debt collector, Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (“AMCA”). The breach potentially exposed the personal information of more than 27.5 million people nationwide, including 10.2 million Labcorp patients, impacting more than 145,000 consumers in West Virginia. Although the breach occurred at AMCA, the data belonged to Labcorp’s patients. Companies may contract with vendors freely, but data security is a non-delegable duty. HIPAA-covered entities must protect personal and health information and oversee the vendors entrusted with it. “One of the biggest responsibilities companies have—especially companies that have access to our personal identifiable information—is to keep that information secure. Labcorp and the AMCA did not live up to the trust we put in them. By holding them accountable, we are putting all companies on notice: they must keep patients’ and clients’ personal information secure,” Attorney General McCuskey said. The settlement requires Labcorp to strengthen vendor management, particularly for medical debt collectors, by: Enhancing its incident response plan to include internal reporting of vendor security events; Minimizing data shared with vendors while accounting for debt collectors’ legal obligations; Expanding its vendor risk management program with a dedicated team, evaluation tools, and compliance verification; Adding debt collector-specific requirements, including contract inventories, contractually enforced cybersecurity standards, data segmentation, audits, and termination rights for non-compliance; and Hiring a third-party assessor to review its information security, with a focus on vendor risk. Labcorp will pay $2,287,455 to the states, of which $34,023 is payable to West Virginia. The settlement supplements the 2021 multistate settlement with AMCA, which included a $21 million suspended payment due to the company’s bankruptcy. Separately, Labcorp agreed to a $35 million settlement in the related class action lawsuit. The Attorneys General of Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Texas led the investigation, assisted by the Executive Committee of the Attorneys General of West Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The Attorneys General of Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin in the investigation.
Attorney General McCuskey Joins 20-State Coalition Alerting National Security Council to Exploitation of FDA Approved Drugs by China Supply Chain
Attorney General McCuskey Joins 20-State Coalition Alerting National Security Council to Exploitation of FDA Approved Drugs by China Supply Chain September 21, 2026 Attorney General JB McCuskey joined a 20-state letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio alerting the administration to a grave national security risk to the pharmaceutical supply chain that is actively being exploited by Chinese-sourced businesses. The Alabama-led letter identifies national security risks from dangerous pharmaceutical ingredients used in popular compounded GLP-1 drugs, including semaglutide, tirzepatide, and retatrutide. In one instance, a business in China exploiting the gaps in oversight had direct ties to entities who manufacture fentanyl. “Chinese businesses are exploiting an oversight gap and putting Americans’ health and safety at risk. We are alerting the National Security Council so they can address this gap and take action to keep these dangerous ingredients from entering the country,” Attorney General McCuskey said.In September 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the creation of a “Green List” of suppliers, which has effectively given Chinese suppliers the ability “to ship unapproved, knock-off products to the United States without detention or inspection.” As the letter states, despite efforts to verify the “true source, chain of custody, and downstream use of the ingredients in real time,” the Green List has become a proven laundering channel. Specifically, Chinese company Harbin Jixianglong Biotech Co., Ltg (Harbin) was found to have purchased knock-off semaglutide from a non-Green List facility that was not registered with the FDA. Since Harbin was on the Green List, it was only after an on-site inspection that it was discovered that Harbin had repackaged and relabeled the non-Green List products under Harbin’s name, changed the manufacturing and retest dates, and distributed to the United States. West Virginia joined the letter led by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall that was also signed on to by attorneys general from Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Utah.The full letter can be found here.