US govt bans Kaspersky products

By Dustin Volz on Sep 14, 2017 6:30AM

Orders purge amid concern about Kremlin influence.

The Trump administration has told United States government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their IT systems, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm is vulnerable to Kremlin influence. The decision represents a sharp response to what US intelligence agencies ...

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