The United States on June 20 announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia's Kaspersky Lab in the United States, citing the firm's large U.S. customers, including critical infrastructure providers, and state and local governments. Moscow's influence over the company was found to pose a significant risk, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on a call with reporters. Raimondo said Russia has shown it has the capacity and the intent to exploit Russian companies like Kaspersky "to collect and weaponize the personal information of Americans and that is why we are compelled to take the action that we are taking today."
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