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US Government Weighing Sanctions Against Kaspersky Lab (cyberscoop.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CyberScoop: The U.S. government is considering sanctions against Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab as part of a wider round of action carried out against the Russian government, according to U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the matter. The sanctions would be a considerable expansion and escalation of the U.S. government's actions against the company. Kaspersky, which has two ongoing lawsuits against the U.S. government, has been called "an unacceptable threat to national security" by numerous U.S. officials and lawmakers.
Officials told CyberScoop any additional action against Kaspersky would occur at the lawsuits' conclusion, which Kaspersky filed in response to a stipulation in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that bans its products from federal government networks. If the sanctions came to fruition, the company would be barred from operating in the U.S. and potentially even in U.S. allied countries.
Officials told CyberScoop any additional action against Kaspersky would occur at the lawsuits' conclusion, which Kaspersky filed in response to a stipulation in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that bans its products from federal government networks. If the sanctions came to fruition, the company would be barred from operating in the U.S. and potentially even in U.S. allied countries.
That's why they don't want anyone to be able to install their software. Brand them as enemy spies and run a FUD campaign. The whole thing started when US government malware developers had their half finished malware flagged by Kapersky and auto uploaded for analysis. The intelligence bosses were outraged. How dare anyone protect themselves against the out of control NSA? The angriest person is the slave owner whose slaves attempt to escape.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!