![]() ![]() intelligence official also said hackers were increasingly targeting the U.S. ![]() "Their efforts seek to undermine our faith in our institutions or advance violence in the name of identity." "Adversaries use the internet as an echo chamber in which information, ideas or beliefs get amplified or reinforced through repetition," Coats said. "Russia has clearly assumed an ever more aggressive cyberposture by increasing cyberespionage operations, leaking data stolen from those operations," Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said at the cybersecurity summit.Ĭoats did not elaborate on the scope or target of Russia's cyberoperations, but warned that a range of enemies were increasingly seeking to weaponize public opinion. intelligence official warned that Russia has been ramping up the pace of its operations against the United States. The DHS directive came hours after the top U.S. "Despite geopolitical turbulence we remain committed to American customers," he said. On Tuesday, company founder Eugene Kaspersky took to Twitter to try to calm fears. Kaspersky has repeatedly denied it helps Russia with espionage efforts. said it would give Kaspersky an opportunity to address its concerns in writing.įILE - Eugene Kaspersky, Russian antivirus programs developer and chief executive of Russia's Kaspersky Lab, stands in front of a window decorated with programming code's symbols at his company's headquarters in Moscow, July 1, 2017. "The company must collaborate with the FSB, and so, for us in the government, that was an unacceptable risk," Joyce said. "This is a risk-based decision we need to make," said White House cybersecurity coordinator Robert Joyce, speaking at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington. The department said the key concerns were ties "between certain Kaspersky officials and Russian intelligence and other government agencies." ![]() "This action is based on the information security risks presented by the use of Kaspersky products on federal information systems," according to a DHS statement. security officials on Wednesday ordered government agencies to get rid of products and services from Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based cybersecurity firm.ĭepartment of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke issued the directive, giving agencies 90 days to comply. ![]()
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