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Dan Goodin — Kaspersky: Yes, we obtained NSA secrets. No, we didn’t help steal them

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A little wonkish for general reading, but a good backgrounder if you are following this, or if you just want to get up to speed on it. It shows just how endemic cyber hacking, cyber espionage and cyber warfare is, and how difficult it is to determine who is doing what to whom in the cyberworld, since "everyone is doing it." Even Mossad is involved in this one. Kaspersky has the reputation of being the best in providing security, but Mossad hacked them.Ars TechnicaKaspersky: Yes, we obtained NSA secrets. No, we didn’t help steal them Dan Goodin | Security Editor

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A little wonkish for general reading, but a good backgrounder if you are following this, or if you just want to get up to speed on it. It shows just how endemic cyber hacking, cyber espionage and cyber warfare is, and how difficult it is to determine who is doing what to whom in the cyberworld, since "everyone is doing it." Even Mossad is involved in this one. Kaspersky has the reputation of being the best in providing security, but Mossad hacked them.

Ars Technica
Kaspersky: Yes, we obtained NSA secrets. No, we didn’t help steal them

Dan Goodin | Security Editor

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