FBI agents have for years tried to determine whether Kaspersky executives were connected to Russian intelligence agencies. The US intelligence in particular has been suspicious of Kaspersky. The company grew to more than $700 million in annual revenues by 2014. The software isn’t just used by civilians but also by governments across the world. Kaspersky is one of largest cybersecurity companies in the world. He also wrote the software for the Soviet Army before starting the company. Additionally, he was a classmate to a number of Russians who later became spies for the nation.
He studied at a KGB cryptography institute and served in the Soviet military and is one of the most powerful businessmen in Moscow. The cybersecurity and anti-virus provider was founded in 1997 by Eugene Kaspersky. The company has denied its ties to the Kremlin, however there is concern within America that Kaspersky Lab is connected to Russian intelligence. It boasts over 400 million users and the much of its market is in Europe. It is operated by a holding company in the United Kingdom. Kaspersky is a Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider headquartered in Moscow, Russia. British spymasters are reportedly concerned over Kaspersky, the free anti-virus software handed out by Barclays that is being given away for free for its customers.īarclays has more than 2 million customers and there have been growing fears that it may be being used as an intelligence-gathering tool by the Russian government.
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