the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a Final Determination prohibiting Kaspersky Lab, Inc. (as well as its affiliates, subsidiaries, and parent companies), from directly or indirectly providing anti-virus software and cybersecurity products or services in the United States or to U.S. persons.
Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other activities, sell its software within the United States or provide updates to software already in use.
The Determination allows Kaspersky to continue certain operations in the US—including providing anti-virus signature updates and codebase updates—only until 12:00AM EDT September 29, 2024.
