CYBERWAR/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA: “Kaspersky Lab ZAO, the Russian firm behind the popular eponymous antivirus program, is facing scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers who are calling for hearings amid fresh accusations its software was exploited by Russian hackers as part of a massive data theft from the National Security Agency.
In the 2015 incident, Russian hackers targeted an NSA contractor’s computer containing critical NSA cyberdefense data after Kaspersky’s antivirus software identified the information, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
Kaspersky denied on Friday [10-6-17] any involvement in cyberespionage. Some U.S. and European security experts agree it may have been an unwitting accomplice in the NSA theft…
A House committee investigating the government’s use of Kaspersky plans to hold its own hearing Oct. 25, which was scheduled before this week.”
-David Gauthier-Villars and Robert McMillan, “Russian Cybersecurity Firm Faces Scrutiny,” The Wall Street Journal online, Oct. 6, 2017 07:21pm