Australia bans Kaspersky over national security concerns

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs issued PSPF Direction 002-2025 ordering all government entities to remove and block Kaspersky products by April 1, 2025, citing risks of foreign interference, espionage, sabotage, and exposure of user data to extrajudicial directions by a foreign government; entities must also report completion. The report places this move alongside prior actions by the U.S. (including a sales ban and FCC listings), Germany’s BSI warning, and restrictions in the UK, Netherlands, and Lithuania, while noting Kaspersky denies links to the Russian government.