Russia was able to use kaspersky to obtain information from the nsa

The last few months have been leading the way in the United States boycott the Kaspersky antivirus. The American government accuses the security company of espionage and of working for Russia. Something that the company has denied on several occasions. Now, it has been revealed that Russia obtained data from the NSA in 2015.

Russia may have used Kaspersky to obtain information from the NSA

The hack was carried out on one of his workers, who had the idea of ​​taking all the information from his workplace home and entering it on his personal computer. Among the information extracted are tools to penetrate computer networks and protect themselves from hacks. The worker in question worked in the elite hacker unit and was fired in 2015.

Kaspersky plays a role in the whole story

Apparently, the worker in question had Kaspersky installed on his personal computer. For this reason, the United States wants to ban the use of antivirus, on suspicion of espionage. Since everything indicates that they are collaborating with the Russian government. Something that Kaspersky continues to deny categorically. And they are accessible to an investigation.

What is likely to have happened is that Russia (which knows the Kaspersky code) has taken advantage of security flaws. Thus, they managed to enter the worker's computer. Furthermore, all the hacks perpetrated by Russia in recent years have originated from this data.

Meanwhile, Kaspersky is still accused of espionage, and a law is being drafted to ban the use of antivirus in the United States permanently by government agencies. We don't know if it will end up happening or not, but now it seems that the Trump administration has more reason than ever to suspect.