US media reported on Kaspersky links with the secret services of the Russian Federation – Interfax

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According to Bloomberg, associated with the secret police officers, “Kaspersky Lab” FSB helped in the investigation, using customer data
 

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Moscow. March 19. INTERFAX.RU – “Kaspersky Lab” in 2012 left the senior managers, on change which in some cases came to the people associated with the army and intelligence services of the Russian Federation. This is writes Bloomberg referring to the six former and current employees of the company.

According to sources the agency associated with the special services staff “Kaspersky Lab “FSB helped in the investigation, using the data of some customers.

Bloomberg notes that the relationship with the secret service starts at the top in spite of the fact that the company’s founder Evgeny Kaspersky travels a lot, he rarely misses a weekly trips to the bath with officers of the security services. Businessman told the news agency that these people are just friends for him.

According to Bloomberg, there were two waves of change of top management. The first occurred in 2012 after the company refused to cooperate with the IPO by US financial firms General Atlantic. Then the commercial director Garry Kondakov wrote to employees that from now on all the important positions in the company will occupy only the Russians, and all the congregation, which previously were in English, will be conducted in Russian, told the agency sources who have seen the letter. In “Kaspersky Lab” deny the existence of such a message.

The second wave took place in 2014. Then several senior managers, including technical director Nikolai Grebennikov and president of the North American business Orenberga Steve, asked Kaspersky hire a new CEO to leave behind only the post of Chairman of the Board. All of them were dismissed, according to Bloomberg.

How to specify the sources of agency relations with the government in the “Kaspersky Lab” has been Deputy Director General for Legal Affairs Igor Chekunov that often goes with Kaspersky in the bath. He created a group of 10 experts who study the data attacked by hackers customers and provide technical support to special services, writes Bloomberg.

The agency also notes that “Kaspersky Lab” has published a series of reports about the alleged cyber espionage by the United States, Israel and Great Britain, but it avoids the studies on possible links of the Russian authorities and intelligence services from hacker attacks toward NATO and Eastern European countries.