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openasocket on Oct 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools...

Kaspersky is pretty well known to have a close relationship with the Russian government, though. Hell, Kaspersky himself used to work for Soviet military intelligence. There's several articles cited here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#Allegations_of_t...

I'm not saying Kaspersky is a part of the Russian intelligence apparatus, but I wouldn't trust them to report on Fancy Bear campaigns, nor would I trust their AV software if I were a particularly juicy target.

Bendingo on Oct 11, 2017 | [–]

> Kaspersky himself used to work for Soviet military intelligence

This is straight up not true. He studied at an institute that was administered by the KGB.

lawnchair_larry on Oct 11, 2017 | [–]

They are not known for any such thing, and Eugene did not work for military intelligence. He has addressed this many times.

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