Bloomberg accuses Kaspersky Lab of close ties with Russian intelligence

According to Bloomberg over the past two years, Kaspersky Lab has significantly strengthened its ties with the Russian special services.

The agency writes that many high-level managers had previously been closely associated with the military or intelligence services, and today some of them are actively helping the FSB to investigate cases. Referring to anonymous sources, Bloomberg also talks about the links of Evgeny Kaspersky himself with the staff of special services.

No exact data is given in the article, but the authors recall recent company reports exposing electronic espionage schemes that were conducted in favor of the United States, Israel, and the United Kingdom; meanwhile, the company did not expose such Russian schemes with the same fervor. For example, in February, Kaspersky Lab released a surprisingly detailed report on the tactics of the hacker group The Equation Group, which created spyware that could be embedded in hard drives from leading manufacturers.
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Evgeny Valentinovich himself in his blog denies such insinuations in his address. According to him, most of the “facts” of the article are frank conjectures and provocations that do not have any basis.