The United States they have prohibited the use in the country of the popular Russian antivirus software Kaspersky, known to directly or indirectly provide its cybersecurity services and products in the US or to US persons. This was announced last Wednesday by the US Department of Commerce. “Russia – he explained Gina RaimondoSecretary of Commerce – has demonstrated time and again that he has the ability and the intention Of exploit Russian companies, such as Kaspersly Lab, to collect and use as weapon information sensitive of the United States.” And then concluding: “We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to safeguard there safety national of the United States and the American people.”
The Biden administration also announced new sanctions against 12 managers of the Kremlin cybersecurity firm. And the Washington Treasury Department, in a note, adds that the sanctions they will strike many of Kaspersky Lab’s managers, including the operative directorbut they will spare the CEO and the company itself.
The response was immediate Russia. The US ban on the use of the Kremlin’s popular antivirus software is a manifestation of “unfair competition”the Russian spokesman said, Dmitry Peskov, asked in a press conference on the subject. Kaspersky, underlined Peskov and reported by the agency Tax“it’s a very company competitive in an internationally relevant market segment, and in many respects surpasses its peers competitors“. And then the Kremlin spokesperson concluded by accusing Washington of resorting “every time” to this “unfair competition technique“.
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