FCC Adds Kaspersky, China Telecom to National Security Threat List

A man walks past a China Telecom store in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei Province, on Aug. 21, 2013. STR/AFP/Getty Images

Three major Chinese and Russian communications technology firms were added to a list of national security threats by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 25.

Russia’s AO Kaspersky Lab, China’s China Telecom (Americas) Corp, and China Mobile International USA, were added to the FCC’s “covered list” of technology and service providers that provide a threat to the United State and its people.