As the war in Ukraine continues, the United States of America is looking for anything to get a heads up on Russia. Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world and the longer the war continues the more the pressure builds up. Kaspersky is a cyber security company that builds security applications to protect computers and other devices.
It is a company that is created and headquartered in Russia. Now that the US and Russia’s relations is at an all-time low, Kaspersky is on the naughty list. This situation marks the first time a Russian company is being blacklisted by the United States.
“I am pleased that our national security agencies agreed with my assessment that China Mobile and China Telecom appeared to meet the threshold necessary to add these entities to our list,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a press release.
“Their addition, as well as Kaspersky Labs, will help secure our networks from threats posed by Chinese and Russian state-backed entities seeking to engage in espionage and otherwise harm America’s interests.”
Kaspersky never took this news lightly as they quickly release a press release on their website which gives their opinion on the matter which seems to be entrenched in “politics”. It is to be noted that Kaspersky has been on the radar for some time, in 2017 it was accused of stealing classified documents from the National Security Agency.
The Kremlin quickly denied those accusations. Donald Trump also went on the offensive at one point in his tenure as US president. He signed a bill banning Kaspersky products from being used by federal agencies, alleging that they have deep ties to the Kremlin.
This is probably a symbolic move by the United States to show Russia that more Russian companies will soon be added to the “blacklist”.
