Kaspersky Labs' software removed from government systems

Here is an article describing a mechanism used by the Russian government to hack American covert operations.  Israel cyber-intelligence officers found that an anti-virus software, created by Kaspersky labs, can be used as a backdoor into hardware that it is currently running on. While Kaspersky has denied the allegations, the secretary of homeland security has ordered all Kaspersky software to be removed from US government electronics.