US Bans Russia’s Kaspersky Antivirus Software

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The United States on Thursday banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular antivirus products in the country, the US Commerce Department announced.

A view of the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab, Russia’s leading antivirus software development company, in Moscow on October 25, 2017. “Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other activities, sell its software within the United States or provide updates to software already in use,” the agency said in a statement announcing the action, which it said is the first of its kind.

The Commerce Department’s actions show America’s adversaries that it would not hesitate to act when “their technology poses a risk to the United States and its citizens,” she added.

 

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