Consistently at or near the top of security software maker rankings, Russian-based Kaspersky Lab continues to attract suspicion, based on little to no evidence, of being a “threat” to US national security.
This week, the allegations came out of the Wall Street Journal, which claimed that an NSA contractor who ran Kaspersky antivirus on his computer was hacked, and immediately concluded that Kaspersky hacked him to get NSA data for the Russian government.
Kaspersky founder Eugene Kaspersky mocked the claim as “like the script of a C movie.” He offered an alternate explanation for the data loss, that the NSA tools on the computer were correctly identified as new forms of malware by Kaspersky’s software.
The supposition that being a security software company and Russia-based makes them tantamount to Russian spies has been enough of an excuse for US officials to increasingly demonize the company, despite the lack of real evidence of wrongdoing, let alone culpability.
Anti-Russia suspicion has been enough, and tainted with that brush, Kaspersky software was banned last month from all Federal agencies in the US. What they’re using as an alternative is unclear so far, but there are few options with the successful track record of a Kaspersky.
“…Kaspersky software was banned last month from all Federal agencies in the US. What they’re using as an alternative is unclear so far…”
That’s easy…they’re probably not using anything because the agency(s) affected most likely haven’t been able to agree (singly or with other agencies) on which software to replace it with. Everyone has an opinion they think is the best. Like most “committee” decisions when talking about the USG, it will be months before a decision is made – probably longer if they get direction from the clowns in the WH.
Time to call arch neo con chertoff security of DHS “fame.” (sarc)
DIdn’t they do the system security for Equifax?
heh-neo cons never have to say I’m sorry.
Ha Ha Ha… So they DON’T want Kaspersky protection on Gob Mint computers…. I wonder WHAT the WSJ wants from those computers which Kasperski ware is preventing them from getting…????? Or maybe there is something incriminating some of their political hack friends they need to remove….!!!! The War Party and their hideous house organ WSJ are a goldmine of tax and contracting cronyism.
So many secrets, such a myriad of lies…. How many of the average 9-5 working Americans will ever have the time or fortitude to trudge this muck to understand how these scams operate; to rob & enslave us….??????