The United States has announced plans to ban the sale of antivirus software from Russian company Kaspersky due to its alleged ties to the Kremlin.

Moscow’s influence over the company has been found to pose significant risks to U.S. infrastructure and services, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Thursday.

She said the United States was compelled to take action because of Russia’s “ability and… intent to collect and use Americans’ personal information.”

“Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other things, sell its software in the United States or provide updates to software it already uses,” the Commerce Department said.

Kaspersky said it intended to use “all legally available options” to fight the ban and denied it was involved in any activity that threatened U.S. security.

The plan uses broad powers granted by the Trump administration to prohibit or restrict transactions between U.S. companies and technology companies from “foreign adversary” countries such as Russia and China.

The plan will effectively ban software update downloads, resale and licensing of the product from September 29, with new activity restricted within 30 days of the announcement.

Sellers and resellers who violate these restrictions may face penalties from the Department of Commerce.

The Department of Commerce will also list two Russian and one British branch of Kaspersky for allegedly cooperating with Russian military intelligence.

The company has long been a target of U.S. regulators. In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security banned its flagship antivirus product from being available on federal networks, citing ties to Russian intelligence.

Although the multinational company is headquartered in Moscow, it has offices in 31 countries around the world, serving more than 400 million users and 270,000 enterprise customers in more than 200 countries, the Department of Commerce said.

The number of affected customers in the U.S. is classified business information.

But Reuters quoted a Commerce Department official as saying it was a “significant number” and included state and local governments and companies providing telecommunications, energy and health care.