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cybersecurity giant aims to prevent the company from being used in cyber operations or data collection by Moscow. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-administration-bans-sale-of-kaspersky-software-in-us.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-administration-bans-sale-of-kaspersky-software-in-us-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-administration-bans-sale-of-kaspersky-software-in-us-2.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-administration-bans-sale-of-kaspersky-software-in-us-2.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, 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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-administration-bans-sale-of-kaspersky-software-in-us-2.jpg?resize=1266,843 1266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\"><figcaption> Visitors sit at the stand of Russian antivirus software development company Kaspersky Lab on the opening day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 28, 2022. (Photo by PAU BARRENA\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"27.840622484572\"><body readability=\"56.225038639876\"><\/p>\n<p>The Commerce Department will ban the cybersecurity firm <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/kaspersky-lab\/\">Kaspersky Labs<\/a> from selling its software to U.S. consumers, the latest move by the Biden administration to curtail the Russian company\u2019s operations in the United States. <\/p>\n<p>In an announcement Thursday, the Commerce Department said it would use for the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steptoeinternationalcomplianceblog.com\/2023\/06\/commerce-issues-final-rule-targeting-connected-software-applications\/#:~:text=The%20ICTS%20rule%20authorizes%20Commerce,risk%E2%80%9D%20to%20US%20national%20security.\">newly expanded authorities to regulate technology transactions<\/a> with U.S. adversaries to effectively ban Kaspersky from doing business in the United States. The move under the agency\u2019s information and communications technology supply chain regulations prohibits Kaspersky from selling its antivirus software to U.S. consumers and even updating that product. <\/p>\n<p>In a call with reporters ahead of Thursday\u2019s announcement, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the move to ban Kaspersky was prompted by an extensive review of the company, its ties to the Russian government and the possibility that the Kremlin could lean on the firm to supply data on U.S. customers or be used in cyberoperations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia has shown time and again they have the capability and intent to exploit Russian companies, like Kaspersky Lab, to collect and weaponize sensitive U.S. information, and we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to safeguard U.S. national security and the American people,\u201d Raimondo added in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Raimondo said the U.S. government will launch an awareness campaign to educate U.S. consumers of Kaspersky software about the threat it poses but that they would not be subject to criminal or civil penalties for using the tool. \u201cI would encourage you in the strongest possible terms to stop using that software,\u201d Raimondo told reporters. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to the ban on the sale and updating of Kaspersky software, the Commerce Department will also add three Kaspersky entities to the department\u2019s entity list, which sharply limits the ability of U.S. companies to carry out transactions with the corporate entities in question. <\/p>\n<p>A senior Commerce Department official speaking on condition of anonymity said that the U.S. government\u2019s review of Kaspersky\u2019s presence in the United States had revealed that critical infrastructure operators and local governments are among the company\u2019s American clients, prompting alarm that the software could be used in attacks against them. <\/p>\n<p>The notion that Kaspersky products would be used in operations against the U.S. government has been cited as a theoretical threat for years, and in 2017 Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/kaspersky-dhs-ban\/\">banned federal agencies<\/a> from using its products. On Thursday, the Commerce Department official would not cite any specific examples of how Moscow might use the company as part of its intelligence or cyber operations but said \u201cwe believe that it is more than just a theoretical threat.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Banning the sale and even updating of Kaspersky\u2019s products creates a headache for its existing U.S. customers. The ban on product updates \u2014 which will go into effect on Sept. 29 \u2014 will mean that Kaspersky customers in the United States will find the company\u2019s anti-virus tool to be less effective as time goes by, a consideration that Commerce Department officials said will inform the U.S. government\u2019s messaging campaign. <\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"4.0417515274949\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"14\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-administration-bans-sale-of-kaspersky-software-in-us-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Elias Groll\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Elias Groll<\/h4>\n<p> Elias Groll is a senior editor at CyberScoop. 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