On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 19:14:27 -0600, "Buffalo" 
wrote:

>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hack
ers-exploited-antivirus-software-to-steal-us-cyber-capabilities/2017/10/05/a01b
f546-a9fc-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.d57947157833
>
>True or false?


Fake


The report may well be true, but, for now, there's no way to
independently confirm it. The report is based on unnamed people the
publication says had knowledge of the matter, and it provides no
evidence to support its claim. 
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/the-cases-for-and-agains
t-claims-kaspersky-helped-steal-secret-nsa-secrets/


Eugene Kaspersky, the founder of the Moscow-based cybersecurity firm,
called allegations of role in government hack ‘like the script of a C
movie’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/06/kaspersky-lab-denies-involve
ment-russian-hack-nsa-contractor-moscow


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