After the recent Kaspersky ban by the U.S. Commerce Department, Kaspersky is shutting down its operations in the U.S. and laying off employees. Kaspersky is a Russian cybersecurity firm, and the Commerce Department recently decided that the company’s software posed a national security risk. Subsequently, the Commerce Department banned the sale of the company’s software. Kaspersky then decided that business opportunities in the U.S. are no longer viable, leading to the company’s shut down of U.S. operations. 

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