Court says 'nyet' to Kaspersky's US govt computer ban appeal

Russian security house to stay locked out of Uncle Sam’s networks, for now

By Shaun Nichols

A US district court has upheld the American government’s ban of Kaspersky Lab software from computers of federal agencies.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, sitting in Washington, DC, issued a ruling Wednesday to dismiss the two lawsuits Kaspersky had filed against Uncle Sam and the Department of Homeland Security challenging both the September 2017 Binding Operative Directive (BOD 17-01) and the Congressional National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the two documents that blocked government agencies from using Kaspersky Lab’s products.

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Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/

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