Australia Bans All Kaspersky Products on Government Systems Citing 'Unacceptable Security Risk' (bleepingcomputer.com)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/02/27/0939257/australia-bans-all-kaspersky-products-on-government-systems-citing-unacceptable-security-risk
- Source link: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australia-bans-all-kaspersky-products-on-government-systems/
> "After considering threat and risk analysis, I have determined that the use of Kaspersky Lab, Inc. products and web services by Australian Government entities poses an unacceptable security risk to Australian Government, networks and data, arising from threats of foreign interference, espionage and sabotage," justified Stephanie Foster, Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs.
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> "I have also considered the important need for a strong policy signal to critical infrastructure and other Australian governments regarding the unacceptable security risk associated with the use of Kaspersky Lab, Inc. products and web services."
[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australia-bans-all-kaspersky-products-on-government-systems/
Glad to see it (Score:2)
The USA and Australia are nation-brothers and ideological allies but the pull of economic gravity from the north must be strong on them, with all the fossil-fuel export money from China. We should be keeping close alliances, and I wish the US were building them up instead of withering them away. And if everything goes to hell and I wash up "On the Beach" (in the Nevil Shute sense) please be nice to me like I would have been for you, pinky-swear.
Re: (Score:2)
It used to seem that way, but with how the Trump supporters are clearly supporting making Donald Trump a king, I wouldn't encourage too many people to do what Trump wants them to do.
Re: (Score:1)
Jeffersonian democracy in the US has failed. It's time to try something new and a monarchy is just as valid as anything else.
Kaspersky (Score:2)
I said it years ago, and I'll say it again: if Kaspresky wants his company to survive, he has only one option: sell the whole company. His Kremlin endorsement and support will be the death of it.
Even if it didn't... sanctions work (Score:2)
You have to hurt businesses based in a country that you're at odds with if you want things to change, because business has influence everywhere.
Side note, why the hell is anyone still using Kaspersky anything? When AVP first came out it was awesome, it was by far the fastest thing around with the highest detection rates and had the least impact to your system. But these days it punches performance right in the nuts.