On March 25, 2022, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Kaspersky and two Chinese companies to its Covered List, because it poses unacceptable risk to US national security.
“The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today added equipment and services from three entities – AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp, and China Mobile International USA Inc. – to its list of communications equipment and services that have been deemed a threat to national security, consistent with requirements in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019.” reads the FCC statement.
The FCC’s decision follows an advisory released by Germany’s Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) this month against using the company’s security solutions in the country over doubts about the reliability of the manufacturer, as it still has to abide by Russian laws and regulation.
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