Kristy
06-29-2017, 01:27 PM
"A draft of the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018" — which approves the budget and policies for US defensive projects — outlines a ban on the usage of Kaspersky Lab software products at DOD facilities under the explanation that the Russian antivirus vendor "might be vulnerable to Russian government influence."
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/senate-gets-ready-to-ban-kaspersky-products-as-fbi-interviews-companys-us-employees/
US weariness towards Kaspersky Lab, the company, are based on the fact that Eugene Kaspersky, its founder and CEO, was trained by the KGB and worked as a Soviet intelligence officer in the Red Army, a period which he many times declined to talk about.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/senate-gets-ready-to-ban-kaspersky-products-as-fbi-interviews-companys-us-employees/
US weariness towards Kaspersky Lab, the company, are based on the fact that Eugene Kaspersky, its founder and CEO, was trained by the KGB and worked as a Soviet intelligence officer in the Red Army, a period which he many times declined to talk about.