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EPB, a publicly owned U.S. power and telecommunications company, is replacing Kaspersky anti-virus as the security software it provides customers because of suspicions from customers and U.S. government officials that the Moscow-based company’s connections to the Russian government pose a security risk. Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, EPB follows American retail giants like Best Buy and Staples that have removed Kaspersky from their shelves. It’s the first American power company to publicly remove Kaspersky, but FBI briefings around the industry have resulted in utilities — including at least one nuclear power company — privately nixing business deals with the Russian firm, according to one U.S. intelligence official. The FBI has been briefing private sector firms on Kaspersky and pushing American companies to cut ties for some time. “What we started doing since the spring [of 2017] is basically evaluate other options,” John Pless, an EPB spokesman, told CyberScoop. The company is currently looking at McAfee’s anti-virus as a free […]
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