Kaspersky has responded to an advisory issued against it by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) asking users to replace its products. For Kaspersky, this warning is motivated by political reasons.
“We believe this decision is not based on a technical assessment of Kaspersky products – which we have continually advocated at the BSI and across Europe – but is made for political reasons,” the company said. security on Wednesday.
“We believe that peaceful dialogue is the only possible instrument to resolve conflicts. War is not good for anyone.”
As reported by the BBCthe BSI said the advisory was issued due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“A Russian software company can carry out offensive operations itself, be forced against its will to attack target systems, or be spied on without its knowledge or as a tool for attacks against its own customers”, estimates the BSI.
Kaspersky said its data processing moved to Switzerland in 2018, and its customers can “run a technical and comprehensive review free of charge”, including source code review and reconstruction.
“Beyond our data processing facilities in Switzerland, statistics provided by users to Kaspersky may be processed on Kaspersky Security Network services located in various countries around the world, including Canada and Germany,” the statement added. society.
In France, the National Agency for the Security of Information Systems published a warning earlier this month referring in particular to Kaspersky products, although it is less alarmist. Anssi simply advises CIOs to consider a “diversification” of security products in order to deal with possible problems encountered by publishers due to international sanctions. Anssi does not directly mention in its opinion the risk of espionage on the part of Kaspersky, but rather the disturbances which could affect the antivirus software publisher following international sanctions targeting Russia.
Source: “ZDNet.com”