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<blockquote data-quote="Parsh" data-source="post: 860314" data-attributes="member: 58090">A recollection from an <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/russian-hackers-reportedly-used-kaspersky-av-to-search-for-nsa-secrets/" target="_blank">earlier article</a> ...The NYT, citing unnamed people, said on Tuesday that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html" target="_blank">Israeli spies indeed carried out the attack</a>. More revealing still, the report said, that during the course of the hack, the spies watched in real time as Russian government hackers turned Kaspersky antivirus software used by 400 million people worldwide into an improvised search tool that scoured computers for code names of US intelligence programs. The NYT likened to a &quot;sort of Google search for sensitive information.&quot; The Israeli spies, in turn, reported their findings to their counterparts in the US.As reporters Nicole Perlroth and Scott Shane reported:In a statement, Kaspersky Lab officials wrote:As the WSJ reported last week, the NSA worker breached agency rules by bringing home code and other classified material and storing them on an Internet-connected computer that had Kaspersky software running on it.Contradictions in conspiracies are normal right? ...Coming to Kaspersky&#039;s <a href="https://www.kaspersky.com/products-and-services-privacy-policy" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a> (current one though) :</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Parsh, post: 860314, member: 58090"] [SIZE=5]A recollection from an [URL='https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/russian-hackers-reportedly-used-kaspersky-av-to-search-for-nsa-secrets/']earlier article[/URL] ...[/SIZE] The [I]NYT[/I], citing unnamed people, said on Tuesday that [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html']Israeli spies indeed carried out the attack[/URL]. More revealing still, the report said, that during the course of the hack, the spies watched in real time as Russian government hackers turned Kaspersky antivirus software used by 400 million people worldwide into an improvised search tool that scoured computers for code names of US intelligence programs. The [I]NYT[/I] likened to a "sort of Google search for sensitive information." The Israeli spies, in turn, reported their findings to their counterparts in the US. As reporters Nicole Perlroth and Scott Shane reported: In a statement, Kaspersky Lab officials wrote: As the [I]WSJ[/I] reported last week, the NSA worker breached agency rules by bringing home code and other classified material and storing them on an Internet-connected computer that had Kaspersky software running on it. Contradictions in conspiracies are normal right? ... [SIZE=5]Coming to [B]Kaspersky's [/B][/SIZE][URL='https://www.kaspersky.com/products-and-services-privacy-policy'][SIZE=5][B]Privacy Policy[/B][/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=5] (current one though) :[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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