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ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Wade Mackey

How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets

October 23, 2017 by Kevin Blankenship Leave a Comment

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html?_r=1

 

The Kaspersky Lab’s issue has grown in complexity and layers. It’s now known Israeli Intelligence was watching Russian Intelligence monitoring American Intelligence programs. Initially it was discovered that the Russian FSB had intercepted American NSA malware and data from security contractors using Kaspersky antivirus. Then it came out that American intelligence was given the heads up by Israeli forces who has infiltrated the Russians and Kaspersky, and were watching the data gathered by FSB. This story continues to grow, and is an interesting reminder of the reach of security intelligence across the globe.

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