A company blog post at the time explained the goal was to build trust with customers after the US accusations.īut the US official said the transparency centers are not "even a fig leaf" because they do not address the U.S. or allied intelligence agency has ever offered direct, public proof of a backdoor in Kaspersky software.įollowing the Trump decision, Kaspersky opened a series of transparency centers, where it says partners can review its code to check for malicious activity. The senior official declined to comment on classified information. It is unclear whether a specific incident or piece of new intelligence led to the security briefings. Over the years, Kaspersky has consistently denied wrongdoing or any secret partnership with Russian intelligence. The content of those meetings four years ago was comparable to the new briefings, said one of the people familiar with the matter. security agencies conducted a series of similar cybersecurity briefings surrounding the Trump ban.
The Trump administration spent months banning Kaspersky from government systems and warning numerous companies to not use the software in 20. It is not the first time Washington has said Kaspersky could be influenced by the Kremlin. On March 25, the Federal Communications Commission added Kaspersky to its list of communications equipment and service providers deemed threats to U.S. Intel and IBM did not respond to requests for comment. The Russian cybersecurity firm, which has an office in the United States, lists partnerships with Microsoft, Intel and IBM on its website. The company spokeswoman said that Kaspersky worked as a "software engineer" during military service. Eugene Kaspersky, according to his company website, graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science, which the Soviet KGB previously administered.
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