GCHQ and NSA target anti-virus software - but not British or American companies

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Kaspersky highlighted in particular for cracking by GCHQ and NSA

New documents from the leaked Edward Snowden cache indicate that the security services of both the US and UK targeted anti-virus software to see how they might be able to crack or circumvent the se...

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