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Cyber

Judge Dismisses Kaspersky Lawsuit Challenging Federal Ban

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

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A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed two lawsuits from Russian software company Kaspersky challenging a ban on its products from being used on federal networks.The decision upholds the ban first placed by the Department of Homeland Security last September (Defense Daily, Sept. 13) and also formally included in Congress’ FY ‘18 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).DHS officials and lawmakers have raised concerns that the Moscow-based company’s anti-virus products could be used as backdoors to collect sensitive government information and then…

Army

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