There is no doubt that there is cooperation between the FSB and the Kaspersky Lab. This debate started right after the election in the United States. Why it’s important because we’ve been in this kind of discussion about the real nature of the cooperation between the Kaspersky Lab and the FSB for more than a year. Well it’s a very important issue and it’s a very interesting development we got very recently thanks to the Washington Post story. What should people know about the cooperation of Kaspersky Lab with the Russian Security Service? Maybe people don’t even understand that they have Kaspersky Lab software on their computers. Soldatov, who is also the co-author of Red Web – a book that explores Russia’s endeavours to control the internet, also discussed the relationship between the Kremlin and social media networks. Hromadske spoke with Soldatov about how safe it is for the masses to continue using Kaspersky software. The anti-virus software company has a further 400 million users around the world. Kaspersky on Monday retaliated against the US government decision, launching a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to reverse the ban.

The leak follows numerous warnings from UK authorities against using Kaspersky software and a recent US government decision to ban the use of their technology within federal agencies. Washington Post earlier this month reported that one of the documents, dating back to April 2015, revealed that a Kaspersky lab employee helped an FSB agent retrieve files from a suspected cyber criminal’s computer. But documents that recently emerged on the Facebook account of a suspected Russian cyber criminal, currently awaiting trial in jail, show that the cyber security firm is providing more than just expertise.

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