US government admits briefing companies to drop Kaspersky

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Trump's cyber security coordinator says both individuals and companies shouldn't use Kaspersky

Rob Joyce, the US government's cyber security coordinator, has admitted that the FBI has been holding briefings with private-sector companies in the US, urging them to ditch Kaspersky security prod...

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