US retailer Best Buy has stopped selling security software made by Kaspersky Lab after several US government officials, including the heads of the 22 major intelligence agencies, expressed fears the "Moscow-based company might be vulnerable to Russian government influence", according to Reuters. A Best Buy spokesperson said customers who bought the software or have active subscriptions can exchange them for alternative products in the next 45 days. Kaspersky Lab denied the allegations and said it had "never helped, nor will help, any government in the world with its cyber espionage or offensive cyber efforts".
US retailer Best Buy has stopped selling security software made by Kaspersky Lab after several US government officials, including the heads of the six major intelligence agencies, expressed fears the "Moscow-based company might be vulnerable to Russian government influence", according to Reuters. A Best Buy spokesperson said customers who bought the software or have active subscriptions can exchange them for alternative products in the next 45 days. Kaspersky Lab denied the allegations and said it had "never helped, nor will help, any government in the world with its cyber espionage or offensive cyber efforts".