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I believe the allegation isn't that Kasperky was used to exfiltrate the data, but that Kasperky is passing information about certain files on customer computers
by dralley 9y ago
I believe the allegation isn't that Kasperky was used to exfiltrate the data, but that Kasperky is passing information about certain files on customer computers to Russian Intelligence.
In this case, they believe the presence of NSA malware samples on the contractor's computer, detected by Kasperky, was used to target him.
- mhneu 9y agoEugene Kaspersky was trained by the FSB (formerly KGB). Here's a good article (by a Democratic senator) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/opinion/kapersky-russia-cybersecurity.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/04/opinion/kapersky-russia-c... "That threat is posed by antivirus and security software products created by Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based company with extensive ties to Russian intelligence. To close this alarming national security vulnerability, I am advancing bipartisan legislation to prohibit the federal government from using Kaspersky Lab software."
- BoiledCabbage 9y agoI also believe that they actually know more than they are willing to quote in a paper. Likely Kaspersky was used to exfiltrate the data as well, but they aren't willing to say that. I don't have any evidence of this, but considering the closeness of Kaspersky to the govt, and the built in ability to directly upload files, it seems overkill to try to find a new exploit.