Kaspersky: NSA worker’s computer was packed with malware
As Kaspersky Lab faces accusations that its software allowed spying on classified U.S. documents, the Russian cybersecurity firm published the results of an internal investigation Thursday claiming an NSA worker who took classified documents home had a personal computer overwhelmed with malware. Other than a trove of NSA hacking tools, the unidentified NSA worker’s computer had 121 malicious files, including at least one backdoor created by a Russian criminal hacker, the firm concluded. Kaspersky said its antivirus software must have been disabled on the machine in order to allow the backdoor, known as Mokes, to run. The individual NSA worker has not been named publicly but is currently going through legal processes, according to U.S. officials. Kaspersky has been the focus of multiple congressional hearings. It was recently banned from civilian and military federal networks by a Department of Homeland Security directive. The possibility of legal action by the Moscow-based company looms over the ongoing […]
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