Trump officials face grilling from lawmakers over Russian cyber firm

The following article by Morgan Chalfant was posted on the Hill website October 25, 2017:

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Lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for more information on its effort to crack down on the use of software produced by Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab in the wake of reports that Russian hackers exploited the cybersecurity firm’s anti-virus product to steal U.S. spy secrets.

The issue took center stage Wednesday at the first in a series of House hearings focused on the company, with lawmakers grilling current and former U.S. officials on the potential risks that Kaspersky anti-virus software poses to federal information systems. Continue reading “Trump officials face grilling from lawmakers over Russian cyber firm”