CYBERWAR/FBI/RUSSIA: “The FBI interviewed several U.S. employees of Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab this week as part of an ongoing agency probe of the company’s operations, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents visited the homes of Kaspersky employees late on Tuesday [6-27-17] in multiple U.S. cities, though no search warrants were served, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the FBI probe.
The news followed the disclosure by senior U.S. intelligence officials last month, in testimony before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, that they were reviewing government use of software from Kaspersky Lab, as lawmakers raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm’s products to attack American computer networks.
In response, Eugene Kaspersky, the company’s founder and chief executive, had said during a question-and-answer session on Reddit that he would be willing to appear before the Senate to dispel any concerns about his company’s products.
Kaspersky Lab confirmed in an email statement on Wednesday that FBI agents have had ‘brief interactions’ with some of its U.S. employees, discussions that the company described as ‘due diligence’ chats.”
-Joseph Menn and Mark Hosenball, “FBI questions U.S. employees of Russian cyber firm Kaspersky Lab,” Reuters, June 28, 2017 02:08pm