Biden Administration Split on Imposing Sanctions Against Kaspersky Lab - Reports

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Biden administration officials are split on whether to impose sanctions on the Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab as part of the United States’ response to Russia's special operation in Ukraine, Wall Street Journal reported.
The National Security Council urged Treasury Department officials to prepare sanctions targeting Kaspersky Lab, the report said on Wednesday.
However, Treasury Department sanction experts have expressed concern about the difficulty of the scale of such an effort, given that the company’s software is used by hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide, the report added.
A man walks next to Russian Kaspersky stand during the GSMA's 2022 Mobile World Congress (MWC), in Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 2022.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.03.2022
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