> A recent AP story notes that senior U.S. intelligence officials do not > recommend Kaspersky's anti-virus products. Attempting to rebut the > concern, Eugene Kaspersky has offered to allow the inspection of the > source code of his anti-virus products. For reasons that Herb Lin > ably outlines, that offer is inadequate to establish the lack of > Russian government influence. But extrinsic evidence of that > influence is scarce on the ground -- leaving Kaspersky with a > signficiant degree of plausible deniability. > > All of which makes this news report from Bloomberg especially > interesting. Here is the the nut graf: > >> While the U.S. government hasn’t disclosed any evidence of the ties, >> internal company emails obtained by Bloomberg Businessweek show that >> Kaspersky Lab has maintained a much closer working relationship with >> Russia’s main intelligence agency, the FSB, than it has publicly >> admitted. It has developed security technology at the spy agency’s >> behest and worked on joint projects the CEO knew would be >> embarrassing if made public > . > > On a day when email evidence seems to be all the rage, this story > should not get lost in the shuffle. > > [UPDATE: Kaspersky has now published a response. Here is the link.]
LawFare, with links: https://lawfareblog.com/kaspersky-lab-has-been-working-russian-intelligence
