It later issued a statement which stated, “Given that Kaspersky Lab doesn’t have inappropriate ties with any government, the company is disappointed with the decision by the U.S. Kaspersky Lab has repeatedly denied that it has ties to the Kremlin. The US Department of Homeland Security said it was concerned about ties between company officials and the Russian intelligence services.
Last month, the US government issued a directive and made a decision to stop using software from Kaspersky Lab.
If confirmed, the hack would mark the latest in a series of breaches of classified data from the secretive intelligence agency, including the 2013 leaks of data on classified US surveillance programs by contractor Edward Snowden. The NSA declined to comment, citing agency policy never to comment on our affiliates or personnel issues. The Washington Post also reported that the employee had worked at the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations unit for elite hackers before he was fired in 2015. The Wall Street Journal reported that the theft included information on penetrating foreign computer networks and protecting against cyber-attacks and is likely to be viewed as one of the most significant security breaches to date. New Delhi: Hackers backed by the Russian government stole highly classified US cyber secrets in 2015 from the National Security Agency after a contractor put information on his home computer, two newspapers reported on Thursday.
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