Kaspersky reacts to US ban on agencies using software

(14 Sep 2017) A spokesman for Kaspersky Labs software denied on Thursday that the company has ever had “any improper ties with the Russian government or with any other government“. Anton Shingarov, Vice President of Public Relations of Kaspersky Labs was speaking from the company’s Moscow headquarters. Worries rippled through the consumer market for antivirus software after the US government banned federal agencies from using Kaspersky Labs software on Wednesday. The US cited concerns about Kaspersky’