Cybersecurity

Kaspersky Named First Russian Company on Security Risk List

  • Agency also adds Chinese carriers to national-security list
  • List bars expenditure of federal subsidies on company
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The U.S. placed internet-security provider AO Kaspersky Lab on a list of companies deemed a threat to national security, for the first time adding a Russian entity to a list dominated by Chinese telecommunications firms.

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday also added China Telecom (Americas) Corp, and China Mobile International USA Inc. to the list.