Juan Andre Guerrero Saade, Kaspersky Lab: special services are taking revenge on cybersecurity experts
A senior researcher at Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab, Juan Andre Guerrero-Saade, said that government services are pursuing information security specialists, removing them from procurement, and in some cases being deported in response to the fact that researchers detect attacks by special services.
The actions of the unnamed authorities by Juan Andre Guerrero Saade are directly dependent on the news on the identification of threats, which the experts consider to be developed by special services . Researchers produce reports about the actions of the state, after which these researchers have problems with work, contracts, and tenders.
Guerrero Saade spoke about scientists from South Africa who, after such research, cannot conclude profitable contracts. Other rumors, according to Guerrero Saade, are circulating in the industry.
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“In many places, security services tend to be more civilized than in other countries — it’s better to encounter such services in the US than anywhere else, for example in Latin America, Asia or Eastern Europe, where they use very different tactics”, - says the researcher.
Sometimes work in this direction can cost life. At best, identifying attacks conducted by states can cost a livelihood specialist. Often, agencies use blackmail to secure secrets so they have to make compromises. Intelligence agencies can deport a non-resident or separate him from his family. Juan Andre Guerrero Saade did not mention the names of specific information security specialists who were affected by the actions of the special services.
Juan Andre Guerrero Saade in his report mentioned that research on information security companies could cause political, diplomatic or military tensions between countries.
The actions of the unnamed authorities by Juan Andre Guerrero Saade are directly dependent on the news on the identification of threats, which the experts consider to be developed by special services . Researchers produce reports about the actions of the state, after which these researchers have problems with work, contracts, and tenders.
Guerrero Saade spoke about scientists from South Africa who, after such research, cannot conclude profitable contracts. Other rumors, according to Guerrero Saade, are circulating in the industry.
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“In many places, security services tend to be more civilized than in other countries — it’s better to encounter such services in the US than anywhere else, for example in Latin America, Asia or Eastern Europe, where they use very different tactics”, - says the researcher.
Sometimes work in this direction can cost life. At best, identifying attacks conducted by states can cost a livelihood specialist. Often, agencies use blackmail to secure secrets so they have to make compromises. Intelligence agencies can deport a non-resident or separate him from his family. Juan Andre Guerrero Saade did not mention the names of specific information security specialists who were affected by the actions of the special services.
Juan Andre Guerrero Saade in his report mentioned that research on information security companies could cause political, diplomatic or military tensions between countries.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/356890/
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