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Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of the multibillion dollar private
software security group, slammed the recent Bloomberg article as
“sensationalist” and “false,” asking whether it could be linked to
Equation Group revelations by his firm.

The Bloomberg article, with the catchy headline “The Company
Securing Your Internet Has Close Ties to Russian Spies” was
published on Thursday.

It alleges that Kaspersky Lab, a private software security company
owned by Russian national Eugene Kaspersky, ignores Russian
electronic espionage cases , while only unveils cybercrimes in the
“US , Israel, and the EU.”

On Friday, Kaspersky published a response to these accusations
saying they are “false”.

“It’s been a long time since I read an article so inaccurate from
the get-go – literally from the title and the article’s subheading.
So it came as little surprise that a large part of the rest of the
article is simply false. Speculations, assumptions and unfair
conclusions based on incorrect facts,” he wrote.

“The journalists don’t mention that we are impartial in our fight
against cybercrime, no matter where it strikes. A warning, dear
readers: don’t believe everything you read!”

He also hinted that the Bloomberg report may be connected to
Kaspersky Labs’ recent research into the hacking collective known as
the Equation Group which is apparently linked to the US National
Security Agency.

“The fashionable fever of looking for Kremlin-linked conspiracies
this week reached some journalists at Bloomberg. Curiously, this
happened not long after our investigation into the Equation Group.”

Kaspersky also refuted claims that he used to work for KGB,
notorious Soviet security agency.

“After graduating, I worked for the Ministry of Defense as a
software engineer for several years. But whatever… as they say,
‘never let the facts get in the way of a good story’. Right?”

On the issue of hiring people with “closer ties to Russia’s military
or intelligence services,” Kaspersky said that it was “nonsense,”
adding that he only values professional qualities.

He added that his company does cooperate with “law enforcement
agencies around the globe (including in the US, the UK, Japan, other
European countries; INTERPOL and Europol)” as without such
cooperation “our battle would have been significantly less effective
than it has been recreational – if not completely futile.”

Concerning the accusation that Kaspersky Lab failed to report the
“Russian links to sophisticated spyware known as Sofacy”, he said
that the US network security company FireEye already did great
research on that and the company saw no point in repeating it.

“BTW, our experts are still working on it, as it’s closely connected
to the MiniDuke operation. But please don’t ask why FireEye didn’t
announce MiniDuke! You know the answer (hint: who was the first to
uncover it?).”

Bloomberg journalists also cited an alleged “ internal” email that
only Russians could be appointed to company’s highest positions
after Kaspersky Lab scrapped an IPO partnership with Greenwich
(Conn.) investment firm General Atlantic in 2012 .

“That is false statement. We’ve launched an internal investigation,
carefully examined all our archives for the last three years, and
haven’t found such an email,” Kaspersky wrote in his blog.

The company’s CEO also refuted claims that Kaspersky Lab that the
Computer Incidents Investigation Unit (CIIU) has remote access to
the personal data of its users.

“…I’ve no reason to risk my $700mln business. Everything we do and
can do is stated in the End-User License Agreement (EULA). Moreover,
we reveal our source code to large customers and governments. If you
have any fears about backdoors – come and check.”

Kaspersky Lab is world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint
protection solutions. It is registered in the UK and operates in
almost 200 countries and territories worldwide. Kaspersky has
slammed the Bloomberg report on the company’s alleged ties to
Russian ‘spies.’

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