Media: US intensifies investigations against Kaspersky Lab

«Kaspersky Lab» . File photo MOSCOW, May 10. The US authorities stepped up investigations against Kaspersky Lab after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Western media reported, citing sources. It is noted that after the transfer of the investigation to the US Department of Commerce from the Department of Justice there has been «only little progress» in this case. The White House and other officials urged the department to intensify its investigation in March amid fears of alleged cyberattacks from Russia, Reuters reported. In late March, the US Federal Communications Commission included Kaspersky Lab on a list of companies whose activities pose a threat to the country's national security. According to the document, the US Department of Homeland Security concluded that «Kaspersky Lab-branded products pose an unacceptable risk to national security. The Russian authorities have repeatedly denied involvement in cyber attacks, and also expressed their readiness to cooperate with the United States in the fight against hackers. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years. For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of criminals responsible for the «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. in the Russian military department bring about the liberation of Donbass.The State Department said they fear Russia's response to sanctions against channels