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Russia Has Turned Kaspersky Software into Tool for Spying

• ballenf 9y ago
  From the article: > The government of Israel first alerted the U.S. that Kaspersky software was being used to find American intelligence information, after Israel’s own computer spies penetrated the networks of Kaspersky Lab beginning in 2014, the current and former officials said. > Once inside, the Israelis discovered how the software was being used and how Russia had obtained classified information from the NSA, these current and former officials said. > Israel’s spying on Kaspersky, which U.S. officials said provided crucial evidence that Kaspersky Lab was working with the Russian government, and the use of Kaspersky to scan for classified keywords was first reported Tuesday by the New York Times. Israeli officials didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. > After the Israelis passed along what they knew to the U.S., officials at the NSA began an investigation that led to the contractor who had installed Kaspersky software on his personal computer at home. People familiar with that investigation say he appeared to have no ill intent, but knew that removing the classified material from the NSA’s headquarters campus at Fort Meade, Md., was a violation of agency rules and possibly a crime. Don't know how much of that chronology was already in the news, but I had no idea that the Ft. Meade leaker was connected to the Kaspersky intrigue. Kind of mind boggling how vulnerable even the most well-armed are to in- and ex-filtration. And how hard it is to detect.