The dispute between the United States government through the FBI and the Russian security company Kaspersky is well underway. American authorities banned it antivirus of the company in their services, while the FBI has just forwarded to the private sector a request to remove the security products of the Russian company from their systems.
The FBI is urging US-based companies to abandon Kaspersky's software, saying the Russian company posed a "threat to national security," according to a report. CyberScoop.
The FBI has begun to exert pressure on US companies to uninstall its security products Kaspersky from their systems earlier this year, and the source that disclosed it asked not to be named for obvious reasons. Companies in the energy sector and those using industrial control systems (ICS) as well as SCADAs are at the top of the list of hazards.
Companies in the energy sector are under particular pressure from the FBI, as US authorities are concerned about recent attacks που κατέστρεψαν το electric network in Ukraine and linked to Russian hacker groups.
The reason why the FBI is pushing to get rid of Kaspersky's software is the alleged relationship between the security company and Russia.
The US administration claims that many of today's security company employees are former Russian intelligence agents and that Russian laws could allow the government to control a local business and use it to spy on other nations.
Kaspersky has already responded to all these allegations, explaining that there are no ties not only with Russia but also with no other government. The Russian company has even offered to testify before the US Congress and deliver the source code of its software for further checks.
