The Trump administration has removed from its lists of approved suppliers, the Kaspersky Lab, μία εταιρεία με έδρα τη Μόσχα και με αντικείμενο την ασφάλεια στον κυβερνοχώρο. Και από την άλλη, οι ανησυχίες της Kaspersky Lab ότι θα χάσει συμβάσεις με την κυβέρνηση των ΗΠΑ λόγω των υποτιθέμενων δεσμών της με τη ρωσική κυβέρνηση έχουν πραγματοποιηθεί.
According to a spokeswoman for the US General Services Administration, the decision was taken "after scrutiny and careful consideration". However, this examination constitutes specific measures taken against it Kaspersky Lab, as US government officials thought it was suspected for her involvement with the Russian authorities.
Kaspersky Lab has repeatedly stated that it has "never helped, nor will help, any government in the world conduct electronic espionage» with its founder, Eugene Kaspersky, to claim that it is willing to provide the source code to prove his company's innocence. The US government, however, does not accept Kaspersky's allegations by submitting internal reports suggest to Trump to consider a broader ban that will block all US services from using Kaspersky software.
In a statement, Kaspersky Lab said it has not received any information from any US government agency stating that it is blocking it from a vendor and added that it believes it has been caught in the middle of a geopolitical struggle where each side tries to use the company as a pawn in their political game ".
