The US placed internet-security provider AO Kaspersky Lab on a list of companies deemed a threat to national security, for the first time adding a Russian entity to a list dominated by Chinese telecommunications firms. | Fin24
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday also added China Telecom Corp, and China Mobile International USA to the list.
Kaspersky is a well known provider of anti-virus software, and has conducted investigations into a range of nation-state hacking incidents. It calls itself the world's largest privately-owned cybersecurity company on its website. It says it protects more than 400 million users and 240 000 companies. A White House official in 2017 said having Kaspersky software on U.S. networks presented"an unacceptable risk" mainly because Russian law requires the company to collaborate with its main spy agency, the FSB.
For Friday's update of the list, the FCC said it relied on findings by the Department of Homeland Security and an executive branch interagency body called the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
War in Ukraine: Nato boosts defences, US wants Russia booted from G20US President Joe Biden says that Russia's President Vladimir Putin has failed to divide the West with his war on Ukraine.
Read more »
Zelensky told Russian people to leave Russia if they can to deprive Putin of tax money for the war | BusinessinsiderUkraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russians' taxes were effectively being used against them by funding a destructive war that also hurts Russia.
Read more »
Kaspersky placed on US security risk listThe U.S. placed internet-security provider AO Kaspersky Lab on a list of companies deemed a threat to national security, for the first time adding a Russian entity to a list dominated by Chinese telecommunications firms.
Read more »
Scores of commuters stranded as taxi drivers strike in Cape Town | CitypressScores of commuters and informal traders were left stranded at the Mfuleni Taxi Rank on Thursday as hundreds of Cape Town taxi drivers went on strike
Read more »
'It will be tough, and we will produce less': Farmers on skyrocketing fertiliser prices | Fin24Farmers are used to fertiliser prices rising with inflation, but in recent weeks they have skyrocketed amid the Russia and Ukraine conflict.
Read more »
Kganyago warns of 'multiplicity of shocks' as MPC turns hawkish | Fin24The monetary policy committee struck a more hawkish tone on Thursday, with two out of five members voting for a 50 basis point hike.
Read more »