Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denies it’s a hazard after the U.S. bans its software

The sign is seen above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow Monday, on Jan. 30, 2017. Pavel Golovkin/AP/AP

Pavel Golovkin/AP/AP

The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denied Friday that it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States.

The Moscow-based company — whose CEO Eugene Kaspersky is Russian — said in a statement that the Commerce Department’s decision would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyber security products and training in the U.S.

Kaspersky said the government had based its decision on the “geopolitical climate and theoretical

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