Word spread through a small cluster of security researchers. Someone scraped the IP addresses and found one node that still responded to a ping. It returned a faint, human string in its banner: "TSUPY SYNC NODE 1". We published a small advisory to warn infosec teams about unchecked device drivers pushed by peripheral hardware.
: Most versions including recent versions for M1/M2/M3 chips. : Most modern distributions.
If your TSUPY unit features an RJ45 port for hardwired internet, Windows may need a standard Realtek or ASIX network driver to process the signal.
| Test Case | Result | Notes | |-----------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------| | 4x USB 2.0 devices (keyboard, mouse, flash, serial) | Pass | All enumerated within 1.2s | | Overcurrent injection (750mA) | Pass | Port disabled within 50ms | | Suspend/resume with active device | Pass | Device re-enumerates correctly | | Hot-unplug while file transfer | Pass | No kernel panic; I/O error handled | | 10k connect/disconnect cycles | Pass | 0 failures, no memory leak |
If your Tsupy hub has an RJ45 port, you may also need a (download separately from Realtek's site).