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Kaspersky Suits Tossed, Fed Bans Will Continue (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the tussle-continues dept.

A Washington D.C. court has dismissed Kaspersky Lab's lawsuits against the U.S. government over two different rules banning Kaspersky products from federal systems. From a report: Both a federal law passed as part of last years National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA,) and a binding operational directive (BOD) issued by the Department of Homeland Security, prohibit federal agencies from using Kaspersky products. Both portrayed Kaspersky, a Moscow based company, as a national security risk. Kaspersky sued to prevent the two rules from coming into place, claiming the NDAA was a form of unlawful punishment against a specific company known as a bill of attainder. The judge reasoned that "The NDAA does not inflict 'punishment' on Kaspersky Lab. It eliminates a perceived risk to the Nation's cybersecurity and, in so doing, has the secondary effect of foreclosing one small source of revenue for a large multinational corporation." Because the NDAA ruling remains in effect, the judge ruled the BOD case was more or less a moot point. Further reading: Who's Afraid of Kaspersky?, and US Government Can't Get Controversial Kaspersky Lab Software Off Its Networks.

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  1. Re:Moscow Donald is next... by bobbied · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Wait.. What?

    Are you saying the Russians spent $100K to get Trump elected? Or that they managed to bribe a billionaire real-estate developer for $100K?

    You do see how either of these ideas are just flat crazy right?

    LOL

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  2. Re:Okay, I get this, but.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd say a long history of industrial espionage counts as hostile, wouldn't you?

    http://www.newsweek.com/2014/05/16/israel-wont-stop-spying-us-249757.html