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Russian cybersecurity giant star Kaspersky is shut down its office in the United Kingdom and laying off its staff , just three months after the companystarted close down its U.S. operationsand lay off oodles of workers , TechCrunch has learned .
Kaspersky voice Francesco Tius said in an email to TechCrunch that the ship’s company “ will commence a current of air - down of the U.K. place operations , reorienting its business in the commonwealth toward the spouse channel . ”
“ This step will enable our company to harness available byplay opportunities in the U.K. securities industry in a more efficient personal manner , strengthen overall concern prosperity . Our client and partners in the U.K. will maintain full access to the company ’s European team and its warm and well - prove partner internet , through which we will continue distributing Kaspersky´s diligence - leading cybersecurity products and services , ” the affirmation carry on .
Tius enounce there are “ less than 50 employees ” in its London office .
This move to shutter its U.K. operation is the latest in a serial publication of bad intelligence for Kaspersky , which for days has been accused of tight links with the Russian governance — charge the fellowship has long denied . In June , the U.S. government blackball Kaspersky from sell its products in the U.S. grocery , which lead to the ship’s company laying off its worker in the U.S. and exclude down its offices in the commonwealth .
The sales agreement ban force Kaspersky to leave the U.S. grocery store whole , and partner with a newly established antivirus company , transplant its customer base in the U.S. to a new company call UltraAV.Some Kaspersky customers were surprisedto see that the changeover mean that Kaspersky forced - uninstalled itself from their Windows computers , and instead replaced the software with UltraAV .
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Kaspersky defended the controversial move , arguing that it had sufficiently send word its customers , even if it did n’t explicitly necessitate for their consent to switch antivirus software .
