Shaheen: The Russian Company That Is a Danger to Our Security
By Jeanne Shaheen
Kaspersky Lab, the cybersecurity company, is close to Putin's government. So why is the U.S. government using its software?
MADBURY, N.H. - The Kremlin hacked our presidential election, is waging a cyberwar against our NATO allies and is probing opportunities to use similar tactics against democracies worldwide. Why then are federal agencies, local and state governments and millions of Americans unwittingly inviting this threat into their cyber networks and secure spaces?
That threat is posed by antivirus and security software products created by Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based company with extensive ties to Russian intelligence. To close this alarming national security vulnerability, I am advancing bipartisan legislation to prohibit the federal government from using Kaspersky Lab software.
Oh, here we go again: every time ordinary people get close to the curtain which separqates them from the ruling class, there is yet-another alarming emergency which compels us to assemble in formation, dress right, and march off to keep the world safe from communism.
Bill Horne Moderator