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One of the world's leading cyber-espionage experts hits the saunas with Russian spies

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Pamela Engel
Mar 20, 2015, 11:45 AM


REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Vladimir Rodionov

Then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Yevgeny Kaspersky, creator of anti-virus protection for computer information, at the office of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, June 18, 2009.

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“While Kaspersky Lab has published a series of reports that examined alleged electronic espionage by the U.S., Israel, and the U.K., the company hasn’t pursued alleged Russian operations with the same vigor,” Bloomberg reports, noting that Kaspersky released a detailed report about presumed NSA spying on countries including Iran, Russia, and Pakistan but has not detailed any of Russia’s many cyber-espionage campaigns.


REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

It’s important to note that similar companies in the US have aided intelligence agencies there.

But what also concerns critics about Kaspersky, on top of his personal connections, are statements he’s made about his visions for the future of cybersecurity. Wired reports that Kaspersky supports government regulation of social networks, claiming that there’s “too much freedom” on these channels.

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[ Insert: Gab, the social network of the 'alt-right,' fights to stay online
WASHINGTON — A social networking website popular with white supremacists faced a fresh round of controversies this week after it banned the former system administrator of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer from using its services. At the same time, it faced a deadline from its domain registrar in Australia, which said it would delist the site over its controversial content.
“The website at <gab.ai> violates Australian federal and state anti-discrimination laws, which prohibit public vilification on the basis of race, religion, or ethnic origin,” Asia Registry said in a letter Monday, which Gab posted to Twitter.
By Tuesday evening the site had found a new way to stay online. “We got an eleventh hour hope from an unnamed source that we are going to keep confidential that actually got us our registrar saved. We are no longer with Asia Registry,” Utsav Sanduja, the chief operating officer of Gab.ai, told Yahoo News by phone from Canada, where he lives. “The organization in question — which I cannot name — supports free speech vehemently. So that issue with the domain has been taken care of, so Gab is completely fine in that respect.”
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/gab-social-network-alt-right-fights-stay-online-180155668.html ]
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Just to point out that many others are now favoring more policing of social media, too.

This post specifically to

U.S. bans use of Kaspersky software in federal agencies amid concerns of Russian espionage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-ban-use-of-kaspersky-software-in-federal-agencies-amid-concerns-of-russian-espionage/2017/09/13/36b717d0-989e-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html

Trump administration orders purge of Kaspersky products from U.S. government
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-kaspersky/trump-administration-orders-purge-of-kaspersky-products-from-u-s-government-idUSKCN1BO2CH

U.S. Bans All Federal Agencies From Using Kaspersky Software
Homeland Security cites ‘information security risks’
Moscow-based company has denied ties ‘to any government’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-13/u-s-bans-use-of-kaspersky-software-by-all-federal-agencies

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