Rumors of Kaspersky's ties with Russia's intelligence services have been around for years in certain circles. The reason I wanted to talk with Kaspersky on this issue is the question of why a leading US site as Bloomberg chose to publish this article now, personally attacking Kaspersky. For us the goal is to understand the weapon or espionage, and publish the information to the relevant people who deal with it, including publishing it on our website.' When we find a new malicious code, we have no idea whether it was written by a State, a criminal organization or a lone hacker. Even the collection of data and analysis. 'Let's start with the fact that none of our publications deal with the question of attribution,' says Kaspersky. The context of the story revolves around the claim that Kaspersky do not publish cyber attacks conducted by Russia, but only those carried out by other countries, for example, the United States. More allegations claim that company officials have close ties with Russian intelligence, and even that Kaspersky has weekly meetings with Russian intelligence officials in saunas. Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, arrived especially for the CyberTech 2015 conference, initiated by Israel Defense and the Israel National Cyber Bureau, and agreed to sit down and openly discuss the question of whether he has links with the Russian government, an allegation that was brought up by Bloomberg last week.Īccording to the Bloomberg report, Kaspersky was educated at a KGB-sponsored cryptography institute, then worked for Russian military intelligence.

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