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FCC adds Kaspersky, Chinese companies to list of potential threats to national security.

The Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has added three companies to the list of communications equipment and services that pose a threat to national security through access to user information.

"Last year, for the first time, the FCC published a list of communications equipment and services that pose an unacceptable risk to national security, and we have been working closely with our national security partners to review and update this list," said Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel via news release.

According to the FCC's news release, "Based on the required actions by federal agencies in response to the threats identified in the BOD, we interpret the BOD to be a finding from the Department of Homeland Security that Kaspersky-branded products pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States. Further, by requiring federal agencies to remove Kaspersky-branded products we find that the Department of Homeland Security has determined that its products are capable of posing an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States and its people."

The two Chinese companies in question, China Telecom Corp and China Mobile International USA Inc, services were found to be in association with its section 214 authorizations, finding that both companies "Posed substantial and unacceptable risks to U.S. national security and law enforcement concerns."

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