The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned 12 Kaspersky employees holding executive and leadership roles in the firm, citing “continued cybersecurity risks.”
On June 20, the U.S. Department of Commerce banned Kaspersky from selling its anti-virus software and other cybersecurity products in the country after determining that the company was subject to the Russian government’s jurisdiction, which forces it to comply with information requests from Moscow.
This could lead to personal information stored on devices with the company’s anti-virus software getting into the hands of Russian authorities, the commerce department said.
The following day, on June 21, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions on 12 individuals in executive and senior leadership roles at AO Kaspersky Lab, according to a press release….