Kaspersky Lab Inc. failed to convince an appeals court to vacate Congress’s government-wide ban on its software and cybersecurity products because of Russian spying concerns.
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2018 (P.L. 115-91) officially prohibited government use of Kaspersky products on Oct. 1.
The law isn’t an unconstitutional bill of attainder because it addresses a national security vulnerability in the federal government’s information systems, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed Nov. 30.
A bill of attainder is a legislative punishment without trial and prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
The ban is a reasonable response ...
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