Germany has issued a warning against the use of Russian anti-virus software.
Russian anti-virus software The German cyber-security body has advised against using Kaspersky anti-virus software, which is based in Russia. In light of the war in Ukraine, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) published a statement. According to the report, Russian information-technology companies could be spied on or pushed to commit cyber-attacks. The warning was "made on political grounds," according to Kaspersky, and it had no ties to the Russian government. Offensive operations' is a term used to describe military operations: The BSI made no claims about current issues with Kaspersky's products, but it did say that the situation in Ukraine and Russian threats against the European Union, NATO, and Germany increased the risk of cyber-attacks. "A Russian IT manufacturer can conduct offensive operations on its own, be forced to attack target systems against its will, or be spied on as a victim of a cyber operation without its knowledge or as a to