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5. the Government wasn't, but evidently idiot child was...

Thu Oct 5, 2017, 05:44 PM

Oct 2017

....on his home PC, which should not have been used for high-security purposes.

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MSNBC: Russian Hackers Stole NSA Tools From Contractor Who Used Kaspersky Software [View all] CousinIT Oct 2017 OP

I saw an ad for Kaspersky software on TV one night. LisaM Oct 2017 #1

the Government wasn't, but evidently idiot child was... Raster Oct 2017 #5

Kaspersky and Greenwald are covering their asses Blue_Tires Oct 2017 #2

Nothing like giving root access defacto7 Oct 2017 #3

+1 dalton99a Oct 2017 #19

Eugene "don't know nothing about hacking" Kaspersky... Raster Oct 2017 #4

This is huge...contractor's should be named.. HipChick Oct 2017 #7

General Services Admin had DeminPennswoods Oct 2017 #8

No AV software is impermeable Loyd Oct 2017 #10

I get the feeling this may not be what it appears to be. Ford_Prefect Oct 2017 #11

Arstechnica article: Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #12

What sort of idiot.... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #13

And do you know where your AV was written? Or your Ford built? erronis Oct 2017 #15

Say what you will... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #24

How would anyone know about the Russia connection? Not by the name. pnwmom Oct 2017 #26

+1 Even before, many years before, I was 'who is Kaspersky?' ffr Oct 2017 #18

I used to have Kaspersky LeftInTX Oct 2017 #22

This whole let's use contractors DK504 Oct 2017 #14

Do you mean Edward Snowden? nt tblue37 Oct 2017 #20

WTF?!?!? Im a Fed benld74 Oct 2017 #17

Can someone make a list of all Russian software so I can avoid? ecstatic Oct 2017 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2017 #23