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Trump Signs Into Law US Government Ban on Kaspersky Lab Software (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tussle-continues dept.

President Donald Trump signed into law on Tuesday legislation that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab within the U.S. government, capping a months-long effort to purge the Moscow-based antivirus firm from federal agencies amid concerns it was vulnerable to Kremlin influence. From a report: The ban, included as part of a broader defense policy spending bill that Trump signed, reinforces a directive issued by the Trump administration in September that civilian agencies remove Kaspersky Lab software within 90 days. The law applies to both civilian and military networks. "The case against Kaspersky is well-documented and deeply concerning. This law is long overdue," said Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who led calls in Congress to scrub the software from government computers. She added that the company's software represented a "grave risk" to U.S. national security.

2 of 140 comments (clear)

  1. Never trust anything until it has been banned by AHuxley · · Score: 4, Informative

    The world was told about Stuxnet, Flame, Equation Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    Instead of encouraging more research and security work, the US puts a ban on a company that helps keep the internet safe.

    Back to the days of Magic Lantern (software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and thoughts of US AV antivirus vendor cooperation.

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    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  2. Re:B-b-but CBS and CNN say Trump colludes w/ Russi by Hylandr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You may think you're funny, but in all honesty Bobbied speaks the truth of the reality of our government.

    Nobody is buying the media horse-shit anymore. It's all about chasing the dollar and pitching for the people they want in office is not only a protected American right, it can be very profitable if the right people get elected. Trump has proven that with his campaign spending. Both sides do it too.

    So no, I don't really believe what's in the news anymore either. So much of it is the little boy that cried wolf, chicken little, or false flag action with just *enough* truth to sound plausible.

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    ~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.