In an era of Russian hacks, the US is still installing Russian software on Government systems!

[annabanana]

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2017/06/era-russian-hacks-us-still-installing-russian-software-government-systems/138683/?oref=nextgov_breaking_alert

Congressional concern is climbing—not for the first time—about government agencies using an anti-virus tool made by the respected but Russia-based security firm Kaspersky Lab. The dustup is a case study in why securing government systems is devilishly complicated.

The fracas comes as congressional Democrats are squaring off against President Donald Trump over possible collusion between Russian intelligence agencies and members of his campaign. It also follows a presidential campaign upended by a Russian government influence operation and amid a deluge of leaks from U.S. intelligence agencies.

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This is the basic paradox: On one hand, top intelligence officials at the FBI, CIA and the National Security Agency tell members of Congress that Kaspersky Lab can’t be trusted, that they wouldn’t put its products on their personal computers, let alone the nation’s. On the other hand, federal agencies still use the Moscow-headquartered anti-virus software. During the past decade, it’s plugged into systems at the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Treasury Department, the National Institutes of Health and U.S. embassies, among other locations, contracting data shows.

Kaspersky anti-virus also frequently protects state, local and tribal government computers, former officials told Nextgov.

[YCHDT]

1. omfg

[furtheradu]

2. Thanks for this post

Msm needs to get on this.
So does DC.

[Madam45for2923]

3. This is bad, bad, bad! Very bad news!

[Tatiana]

4. This is why I stopped using Kaspersky a long time ago.

There are several good alternatives, including avast.

We need to boycott Russia and impose severe sanctions that have a financial impact.