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Former N.S.A. Employee Pleads Guilty to Taking Classified Information
- pwtweet 9y agohttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-willful-retention-national-defense-information https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-wi...
- NN88 9y agoThis is the big one, boys and girls. This is the case tied to Kaspersky. > But he had installed on his home computer antivirus software made by Kaspersky Lab, a top Russian software company, and Russian hackers are believed to have exploited the software to steal the documents, the officials said. > It is not clear whether anyone at Kaspersky Lab was aware of the document theft. The company has acknowledged finding N.S.A. hacking software on a customer’s computer and removing it, but says the material was subsequently destroyed. It has denied that it works with Russian intelligence. > The sensitivity of the case was evident on Friday, when one courtroom official described the charges against Mr. Pho as “super-sealed” before the hearing. The aggressive hacking of American targets by the Russian government, including the Democratic National Committee during last year’s election campaign, is a high-priority concern for the United States, and forensic information from Mr. Pho’s computer might provide useful clues.