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From: the_stan...@fastmail.fm (Stan Brown)
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Subject: Germany warns against using Kaspersky software
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:29:11 -0700
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by: Stan Brown - Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:29 UTC

"The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) warned
organizations against using Kaspersky antivirus software over fears
it could be exploited for cyber-espionage or launching cyberattacks
amid Russia?s ongoing war in Ukraine."

Full article here:

<https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/15/germany-kaspersky-risk-invasion/>

We had a discussion about this earlier in the war. Here's another
data point.

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:32:51 -0700
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by: Stan Brown - Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:32 UTC

And the FCC has weighed in with a similar warning:

"FCC puts Kaspersky on security threat list, says it poses
'unacceptable risk'"

<https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/fcc-puts-
kaspersky-on-security-threat-list-says-it-poses-unacceptable-risk/>

On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:29:11 -0700, Stan Brown wrote:
> We had a discussion about this earlier in the war. Here's another
> data point.

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Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
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Subject	Author
Germany warns against using Kaspersky software	Stan Brown
Re: Germany warns against using Kaspersky software	Stan Brown