Antivirus against the NSA. "Kaspersky Laboratory" - in the center of the spy scandal

Russia used Kaspersky for theft of NSA secrets, WSJ said with reference to the American authorities.

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Evgeny Kaspersky. Photo: Wikimedia

The reasons for the problems of Kaspersky Laboratory in the United States cleared up. In 2015, hackers working for Russia, using Kaspersky Antivirus, were able to access the super -secret materials of the US National Security Agency, writes The Wall Street Journal.

• Sources of WSJ have called hacking one of the most serious in recent years. Documents describing the technologies of the penetration of American intelligence services into foreign networks and methods of protection against cyber attacks fell into the hands of hackers. This information could allow Russian special services to strengthen cyber protection of Russian networks and at the same time give keys to attacks on American network infrastructure, WSJ sources say.
• The victim of hacking was an employee who worked on the NSA under a contract. He transferred part of the working materials to a home computer, on which Kaspersky antivirus was installed. The investigation believes that Russian software could give hackers about the presence of a file of files related to the NSA in the computer, writes WSJ: scanning the computer in search of viruses, antivirus could stumble on samples of harmful code contained in special services.
• Having received, using the Kaspersky antivirus, the information that the computer may contain NSA files, hackers working for the Russian state, hacked the car and downloaded a large amount of secret information, several sources familiar with the investigation told WSJ at once.
• How exactly the antivirus discovered and identified this code, and whether it was specially programmed to search for the code associated with the NSA, it is not known, the publication admits. Whether the employees of Kaspersky laboratories reported on the find to the Russian authorities is also unknown.
• Hacking occurred in 2015, special services became known about him in the spring of 2016. Nevertheless, the first leak in WSJ occurred only now. In the coming weeks, Evgeny Kaspersky is going to give evidence in Congress in which he will defend the innocence of his company in working for any government. On September 13, the US Senate forbade American government agencies in Kaspersky.
• In response to the publication, the “Kaspersky laboratories” stated that the company was not presented with any evidence of its involvement in the WSJ incident described in the article. “Like a private company, Kaspersky Lab has no reprehensible connections with any government, including Russian ones. We can only conclude that Kaspersky Lab was at the epicenter of the geopolitical struggle, ”the company said.

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