Mr Trump used them to try to bar Americans from using Chinese social media platforms TikTok and WeChat, but federal courts halted such moves.Ī top Justice Department official said last year that the agency was examining dozens of Russian companies, including “a known connection between a particular company and the Russian intelligence services”, to see whether they threatened the US supply chain. Reutersįor Kaspersky, the Commerce Department could use the authorities to ban its use, the purchase of its software by US citizens or prohibit the download of updates via a regulation in The Federal Register. The enhanced probe is being carried out using broad new powers created by the Donald Trump administration that allow the Commerce Department to ban or restrict transactions between US companies and internet, telecoms and tech companies from “foreign adversary” nations including Russia and China.Īn injured Ukrainian service member sits at a field hospital inside Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. The company has for years denied wrongdoing or any secret partnership with Russian intelligence.
The- US departments of Commerce and Justice, as well as Kaspersky, declined to comment. Other regulatory powers stop short of allowing the government to block private sector use of software made by the company based in Moscow, long seen by US officials as a serious threat to national security. The probe shows the administration is digging deep into its toolkit to hit Moscow with even its most obscure authorities in a bid to protect US citizens and corporations from Russian cyber attacks. US regulators have already banned federal government use of Kaspersky software and could ultimately force the company to take measures to reduce risks posed by its products or prohibit Americans from using them altogether.
Ukraine refugees: UN map shows total nears 5.9 millionĪccess to the networks of federal contractors and operators of critical US infrastructure, such as power grids, are considered particularly concerning, the three people said.
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