The impact on the company has been heavy. US officials have also expressed concern about alleged ties between Kaspersky and the Russian government, which the company denies.
That has since been followed by a provision set by Congress in a budget bill prohibiting agencies from using Kaspersky software.īoth came after the National Security Agency, the US signals intelligence body, determined that Kaspersky software on an NSA employee's private computer allowed hackers, believed to be from Russian intelligence, to steal top secret NSA materials. The ban began with a directive in September 2017 from the Department of Homeland Security for government agencies to remove Kaspersky software from their computing systems. In addition, she said, as the ban is legal and will remain in place, nothing can be done about any harm to its reputation. While the company can still market its products, she said, the government has no obligation to buy them.
She also rejected the global cybersecurity giant's complaint that it had been illegally denied the "right" to sell a product that is legal, and that the ban harmed its reputation. "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," she said. The ban "does not inflict 'punishment' on Kaspersky Lab," Kollar-Kotelly said in her ruling. “Kaspersky Lab ardently believes a deeper examination of the company will substantiate that these allegations are without merit,” Kaspersky Lab said in a prepared statement.Kaspersky had complained that the ban-announced after officials said Russian intelligence was able to hack the software for espionage purposes-was in effect a "punishment" of the company without it having given it any kind of hearing.įederal court judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rejected the argument, saying the US government had the right to institute the ban to defend its computer security. Kaspersky Lab “has never helped, nor will help, any government in the world with its cyberespionage or offensive cyber efforts,” the company said, and intends to provide additional information to DHS to confirm that these allegations are unfounded.
No credible evidence has been presented publicly to support the inaccurate claims against Kaspersky Lab, the company indicated. In addition, Kaspersky Lab has responded to several “inaccurate assertions” included in an op-ed published by The New York Times on Sept. Kaspersky has offered to meet with government officials, testify before Congress and provide the company’s source code for an official audit, Kaspersky Lab said in a prepared statement. As such, the federal government issued a directive that agencies and departments must remove Kaspersky Lab software from their networks within 90 days. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed Kaspersky Lab may have ties to the Russian government that could open the door to espionage activities.
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