The Senate's draft of the Department of Defense's budget rules reveals a provision that would block the use of products from the Russian-based global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, citing concerns that the company "might be vulnerable to Russian government influence."

Reuters reporter Dustin Volz first shared the news in a tweet Wednesday.

"BREAKING: Senate draft of [National Defense Authorization Act] bans use of Kaspersky products by [Department of Defense] due to reports company "might be vulnerable to Russian [government] influence," Volz tweeted.

BREAKING: Senate draft of NDAA bans use of Kaspersky products by DoD due to reports company "might be vulnerable to Russian govt influence" pic.twitter.com/D3gylJN7Bq — Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) June 28, 2017

The decision to ban the products within the National Defense Authorization Act, which specifies budget and expenditures for the Department of Defense, comes after the FBI visited at least 10 Kaspersky employees' homes.

The investigative agency, however, has not yet contacted the company.

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While Kaspersky is based in Russia, the company has research centers around the world, including in the U.S.

"As a private company, Kaspersky Lab has no ties to any government, and the company has never helped, nor will help, any government in the world with its cyber espionage efforts," the company said in a reissued statement.

"The company has a 20-year history in the IT security industry of always abiding by the highest ethical business practices, and Kaspersky Lab believes it is completely unacceptable that the company is being unjustly accused without any hard evidence to back up these false allegations," the statement continued.

"Kaspersky Lab is available to assist all concerned government organizations with any ongoing investigations, and the company ardently believes a deeper examination of Kaspersky Lab will confirm that these allegations are unfounded.”

Its founder, Eugene Kaspersky, has also offered to testify in front Congress after NBC News reported that its employees were largely asked about their relationship between the U.S. and Russian.

--This report was updated on July 2 at 9:40 a.m.