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But CIA developing malware isn't news to anyone. How is this a tit-for-tat then?
by stunt 5y ago
But CIA developing malware isn't news to anyone. How is this a tit-for-tat then?
- fallingknife 5y agoThe tit-for-tat goes the other way: 1. expose malware the CIA doesn't want exposed 2. get accused by the CIA of being in bed with the Russians "working for the Russians" is the go to baseless political smear these days
- sophacles 5y agoI would like to point out that a russian security company almost certainly has ties with the russian government. Particularly a very large, well respected one. It would be like accusing oracle or amazon of having ties with the US government.
- varjag 5y agoKaspersky himself is a 1987 KGB school alumni. The naïveté of Westerners is sometimes astonishing.
- caeril 5y agoThis is a very good point, and stands in stark contrast with no management or employees of FireEye or CrowdStrike ever being associated with FVEY intelligence services. Nope, it's ONLY the evil Russians. The naïveté of non-Westerners is sometimes astonishing.
- varjag 5y agoKaspersky is the ever-presiding CEO and the founder of the company. Was CrowdStrike founded by a CIA alumni? And I hope you realize your whole retort amounts to "Kaspersky is as bad as CIA shell companies".
- parineum 5y agoThe "well respected" part of that has partly to do with no evidence of them being partial. If they were known as a kremlin puppet, they wouldn't be respected.
- fallingknife 5y agoOk you're right. I didn't know they were based in moscow. I tend to dismiss "The Russians" claim out of hand now.
- marcosdumay 5y agoWell, at least for once the general public wins. Let's hope they fight more this exact way, and less on every other way.