Most major American security-software makers work, in one way or another, with U.S.

Kaspersky Lab is not the only cybersecurity business with ties to the government. In advertising for the company he was once described as “A Specialist in Cryptography from KGB.” The change in the company’s senior hiring policy reminded people that the company’s founder and Chief Executive Officer Eugene Kaspersky used to work for the KGB. Bloomberg reportsthat high-level managers left or who were let go were, in many cases, replaced by people with ties to Russia’s military or intelligence services - some of them known to have used data from the company’s customers to help criminal investigations by the FSB, the KGB’s successor. In 2012, however, Kaspersky Lab abruptly changed its senior management recruiting practices – and, some suspect, perhaps a few other things as well. The company used to recruit senior managers in the United Sates and Europe to expand its business, and to ready an initial public offering with a U.S. The company has 400 million customers, and it ranks sixth in revenue among security-software makers. Kaspersky Lab is a Moscow-based company which sells security software, including antivirus programs. The company’s actual or perceived alliances have made it a struggle to win U.S. The company is also helping the FSB, the KGB’s successor, in investigating hacks – and people in the know say the company provides the FSB with the personal data of customers. Since 2012, the company began to replace senior managers with people with close ties to Russia’s military or intelligence services.

The company has 400 million customers, and it ranks sixth in revenue among security-software makers.

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