Kaspersky Alleges US Snub Amid Ongoing Ban

The U.S. Department of Commerce is ignoring Kaspersky's latest proposal to address cybersecurity concerns, despite the Russian firm's efforts to prove its products are free from Kremlin influence. Kaspersky's new framework includes localizing data processing in the U.S. and allowing third-party reviews. However, the Commerce Department hasn't responded to the security firm, which was recently banned by the U.S. Kaspersky told The Register it's pursuing legal options.

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[Local ID10T]

"No" is a valid answer, and it has already been given.

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[crobarcro]

Found the Russian. Stop bombing childrens cancer hospitals and maybe you might not be hated.

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[eneville]

"No" is the correct response in the current global climate. Corruption, unfortunately isn't punished enough.

Do people have appetite for this type of risk right now?

Nonsense ./

[dowhileor]

Did they check their whitelist.config file?
All one big misunderstanding I tell you what....

We'll talk

[RitchCraft]

Get rid of Putin and we'll talk.

Not news because

[Tablizer]

of course they are going to say they were snubbed. It would only be news if they said, "You got us, we're merely Putin's toadies."

Re:Not news because

[Baron_Yam]

Even if they're not willing under Putin's control... they're under his control.

Nothing tainted by Russian ownership or on Russian soil should be trusted, the country needs to be walled off until it gets its shit together, joins the modern world, and can get along with neighbours it doesn't agree with without invading them.

It would really help if China, India, and Hungary would stop enabling them, too. All of those countries would do poorly in a world where Russia returns us to a world where international relations are all at gunpoint. It might also help if half the US wasn't salivating for that kind of world, too.

Re: Not news because

[drinkypoo]

Let China "enable" them for a few more years and there won't be a Russia, just a new big piece of China.

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[cascadingstylesheet]

It might also help if half the US wasn't salivating for that kind of world, too.

Which half? Biden bragged that we are not at war, an hour after he had ordered bombs to start falling on somebody.

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[allcoolnameswheretak]

The half that kneels before their great leader who has on numerous occations exressed his great admiration for autocrats like Putin and Xi, owns hotels in Moscow and has several business relationships with Russian oligarchs.

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https://foreignpolicy.com/2018... [foreignpolicy.com]
https://www.businessinsider.co... [businessinsider.com]
https://www.reuters.com/invest... [reuters.com]
https://www.politico.com/magaz... [politico.com]

Russian Spy-Ware

[BrendaEM]

It's over.

Kaspersky is playing an interesting game

[Arrogant-Bastard]

The game is "we're going to pretend that we're not under the direct, personal control of Vladimir Putin even though everyone on this planet who knows anything at all about how contemporary Russia functions knows that this is precisely the case". If they were not under such control, then someone -- or perhaps multiple someones -- would have accidentally fallen out of a fourth-floor window until control was achieved.

The realpolitik here is that in Russia, the military, the intelligence agencies, the olig

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[crobarcro]

Yes, the one thing Russia is competent at is corruption, the whole state is run on it.

This company is too big a risk

[oumuamua]

They could sabotage the computers to not boot and show the BSOD. It would interrupt education, medicine and snarl transportation for days. It would cost Billions! Then when it was all done they would have the gall to pretend it was an accident and offer $10 gift cards in apology.

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[Deal In One]

You talking about CrowdStrike?

I dont think they have even offered a $10 gift card to anyone.

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[froggyjojodaddy]

They did. And it backfired. Google, "Crowdstrike $10"

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[Deal In One]

Oh didnt know. And I read that the vouchers have stopped working due to fraud concerns.

Hahahaha

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[gweihir]

Indeed. My take is the only beef the US TLAs have with Kaspersky is that Kaspersky will happily detect, analyze and expose US-created malware. Other than that, it is about as dangerous as all AV and about as much subject to political influence. Sure, that is a massive problem, but the other AV vendors are really not any better.

What is utterly pathetic is how many people fall for the US propaganda in this regard.

Doesn't matter what they say or do...

[jonwil]

Kaspersky is based in Russia and no matter what they say or do, when it comes down to it, if the choice facing the people who work there is "do what the Russian government wants" or "thrown in a hellhole jail that makes ADX Florence look like a 5 star hotel", the people who work there will do what the Russian government wants.