New York Times claims that Kaspersky was hacked by Israeli intelligence

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Newspaper claims that Israeli intelligence observed Kaspersky searching users' PCs for code names of US intelligence programs

Israeli intelligence hacked Russian security firm Kaspersky two years ago and found US National Security Agency (NSA) tools on its network, according to the New York Times.  Furthermore, the new...

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