The U.S. Division of the Treasury’s Workplace of Overseas Property Management (OFAC) imposed sanctions in opposition to a dozen people serving govt and senior management roles at Kaspersky Lab, a day after the Russian firm was banned by the Commerce Division.
The transfer “underscores our commitment to ensure the integrity of our cyber domain and to protect our citizens against malicious cyber threats,” Beneath Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Monetary Intelligence, Brian E. Nelson, stated.
“The United States will take action where necessary to hold accountable those who would seek to facilitate or otherwise enable these activities.”
The sanctions, nonetheless, don’t prolong to Kaspersky Lab, its guardian or subsidiary firms, nor the corporate’s founder and chief govt officer (CEO), Eugene Kaspersky, OFAC famous. The 12 C-suite and senior-level executives sanctioned are listed beneath –
- Andrei Gennadyevich Tikhonov, Chief Working Officer (COO) and board member
- Daniil Sergeyevich Borshchev, Deputy CEO and board member
- Andrei Anatolyevich Efremov, Chief Enterprise Growth Officer (CBDO) and board member
- Igor Gennadyevich Chekunov, Chief Authorized Officer (CLO) and board member
- Andrey Petrovich Dukhvalov, Vice President and Director of Future Applied sciences
- Andrei Anatolyevich Suvorov, Head of Kaspersky Working System Enterprise Unit
- Denis Vladimirovich Zenkin, Head of Company Communications
- Marina Mikhaylovna Alekseeva, Chief Human Sources (HR) Officer
- Mikhail Yuryevich Gerber, Govt Vice President of Shopper Enterprise
- Anton Mikhaylovich Ivanov, Chief Know-how Officer (CTO)
- Kirill Aleksandrovich Astrakhan, Govt Vice President for Company Enterprise
- Anna Vladimirovna Kulashova, Managing Director for Russia and the Commonwealth of Unbiased States (CIS)
The event follows actions by the Commerce Division prohibiting Kaspersky from offering its software program and different safety providers in America beginning July 20, 2024, citing nationwide safety issues. The corporate has additionally been positioned on the Entity Checklist.
Russia has stated the gross sales ban on Kaspersky software program was a typical transfer by the U.S. to stifle overseas competitors with American merchandise. Kaspersky has maintained that it has no hyperlinks to the Russian authorities.
