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</div><div><h2 id="5046" class="ky jx fv bb jy kz la gv kb lb lc gy ke gz ld hb ki hc le he km hf lf hh kq lg gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.72em 0px -0.31em; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px;">Psy-Group</h2><ul class="" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none none;"><li id="c7e5" class="ib ic fv id b gt ks ie if gw kt ig ih ii ku ij ik il kv im in io kw ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.86em;">Psy-Group is an Israeli-based company headquartered in Cyprus, that describes itself in a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/psygroup.pdf" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">marketing brochure</a> as “Leaders in Intelligence and Infuence” and “proprietary methods of intelligence collection form the cornerstone to all of our operational activities.” The firm is “managed by an elite group of high-ranking officers from one of the world’s most renowned intelligence agencies.”</li><li id="19c6" class="ib ic fv id b gt lk ie if gw ll ig ih ii lm ij ik il ln im in io lo ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;">In August 2016 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Erik Prince arranged a meeting</a> to introduce Psy-Group founder Joel Zamel to Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower. George Nader, who had once worked for Prince at Blackwater, attended the meeting along with Stephen Miller. Nader told Don Jr that “the princes who led Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were eager to help his father win election as president.” Joel Zamel presented a multimillion-dollar proposal for a social media manipulation effort to help Trump, and after the election a source said Nader paid Zamel up to $2 million.</li><li id="cefb" class="ib ic fv id b gt lk ie if gw ll ig ih ii lm ij ik il ln im in io lo ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;">Psy-Group <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-22/mueller-targeted-flows-of-money-to-israeli-social-media-company" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">formed a partnership</a> with Cambridge Analytica after the 2016 election to try to win business from the U.S. government and other clients. In February 2018 Special Counsel Mueller subpoenaed bank records for payments made to the Psy-Group’s Cyprus bank accounts. Shortly afterwards, Psy-Group informed employees that it was closing down.</li><li id="8c84" class="ib ic fv id b gt lk ie if gw ll ig ih ii lm ij ik il ln im in io lo ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;">WhiteKnight: the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">reported that Joel Zamel</a> was affiliated with an internet company based in the Philippines called WhiteKnight, which George Nader worked with to purchase a presentation that showed the impact of social media campaigns on Trump’s electoral victory.</li></ul><h2 id="2d4b" class="ky jx fv bb jy kz la gv kb lb lc gy ke gz ld hb ki hc le he km hf lf hh kq lg gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.72em 0px -0.31em; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px;">Psy-Group and Black Cube</h2><ul class="" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none none;"><li id="bd1a" class="ib ic fv id b gt ks ie if gw kt ig ih ii ku ij ik il kv im in io kw ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.86em;">Psy-Group and Black Cube are both defendants in a <a href="https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3739390,00.html" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Canadian lawsuit</a> that is exposing some of the tactics used by both firms. West Face Capital alleged that business rival Catalyst Capital Group hired Psy-Group and Black Cube to defame West Face using shady methods, including sting operations and online disinformation campaigns, after West Face won a 2014 bid for telecomm company Wind Mobile. Black Cube and Psy-Group were accused of targeting a judge who had ruled against Catalyst in a dispute with West Face. It is not clear if Black Cube and Psy-Group worked together or if they worked separately on behalf of Catalyst.</li><li id="0d16" class="ib ic fv id b gt lk ie if gw ll ig ih ii lm ij ik il ln im in io lo ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;">On a side note, in the 2014 deal which triggered the lawsuit, Wind Mobile was sold to West Face by a subsidiary of VimpleCom, which was <a href="https://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKBN1HP3AD-OCABS" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">sued unsuccessfully by Catalyst</a> for Canadian $1.3 billion. VimpleCom, renamed Veon, is owned by Mikhail Fridman, the co-founder of Alfa Bank in Russia.</li></ul><h2 id="5f96" class="ky jx fv bb jy kz la gv kb lb lc gy ke gz ld hb ki hc le he km hf lf hh kq lg gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.72em 0px -0.31em; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px;">Wikistrat</h2><ul class="" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none none;"><li id="c339" class="ib ic fv id b gt ks ie if gw kt ig ih ii ku ij ik il kv im in io kw ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.86em;">The WSJ <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/mueller-probe-into-u-a-e-influence-broadens-1522718922" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">reported in April 2018</a> that Mueller’s team was investigating Wikistrat, a company founded in Israel in 2010 described as a “crowdsourced consulting firm,” and its co-founders Joel Zamel and Daniel Green. Wikistrat had been contracted by the UAE in 2015 to conduct war game scenarios on Islamist political movements in Yemen. According to a source Zamel had met with Mueller who asked about George Nader, a former employee of Erik Prince at Blackwater, and recently an adviser to UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed.</li><li id="b9ee" class="ib ic fv id b gt lk ie if gw ll ig ih ii lm ij ik il ln im in io lo ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;">Attorney Marc Mukasey (a former partner of Giuliani) said that his clients Zamel and Green were not a focus of the probe. Mueller also asked Zamel “questions about his work, including for certain clients.” Per reporting on Psy-Group’s August 2016 meeting arranged by Erik Prince with Donald Trump Jr., one of Joel Zamel’s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">prospective clients</a> was Donald Trump.</li><li id="839f" class="ib ic fv id b gt lk ie if gw ll ig ih ii lm ij ik il ln im in io lo ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;">According to a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-mysterious-intelligence-firm-now-in-muellers-sights" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">June 2018 Daily Beast</a> article, Joel Zamel “wanted former national security adviser Michael Flynn to be a member of the firm’s (Wikistrat’s) advisory board.” Adam Lovinger, a Pentagon strategist who had been named to the National Security Council by Flynn and was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-pulls-top-secret-clearance-of-a-trump-white-house-aide-2017-5" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">reportedly</a> associated with Flynn Intel Group, introduced Joel Zamel to various Pentagon officials. Per a source Zamel had been introduced to Flynn by Bijan Kian, Flynn Intel Group’s former vice chairman of its board of directors, however Zamel’s attorney Mukasey denied Zamel and Flynn met. It appeared in 2017 that Wikistrat had ceased operations.</li></ul><h2 id="f776" class="ky jx fv bb jy kz la gv kb lb lc gy ke gz ld hb ki hc le he km hf lf hh kq lg gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.72em 0px -0.31em; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px;">Inspiration</h2><ul class="" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none none;"><li id="fb6f" class="ib ic fv id b gt ks ie if gw kt ig ih ii ku ij ik il kv im in io kw ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.86em;">An <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-trump-russia-mueller-probe-the-israel-connections-1.6116639" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">article in Haaretz</a> describes how Ben Carson personally presented Trump with a plan from Israeli-based company Inspiration, run by former IDF intelligence officers. The plan was for voter manipulation in swing states using information Inspiration collected from a Super PAC, “which it then used to compose strategies and slogans that would elevate Trump and ‘float all kinds of things’ about Hillary Clinton.”</li><li id="6873" class="ib ic fv id b gt lk ie if gw ll ig ih ii lm ij ik il ln im in io lo ip iq is lh li lj gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;">The original <a href="https://news.walla.co.il/item/3160166" class="dy kx" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">report from Walla</a> describes Ronen Cohen, a former Central Command intelligence officer who founded Inspiration in 2012. The article says Inspiration was not directly hired by the Trump campaign but was introduced by Ben Carson and funded by a PAC and hired three months prior to the election. Inspiration received voter data from the PAC and analyzed the data with another unnamed Israeli company. The messaging created by Inspiration was then passed to an American counterpart for review, revision, or distribution.</li></ul><h1 id="c9ea" class="jw jx fv bb jy jz ka ie kb kc kd ig ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr gr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.95em 0px -0.28em; line-height: 36px;">Russia Entities</h1><div>
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</div><div>Kaspersky Lab (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none !important;">/kæˈspɜːrski/</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Russian</a>: Лаборатория Касперского, Laboratoriya Kasperskogo) is a multinational <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersecurity" class="mw-redirect" title="Cybersecurity" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">cybersecurity</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-virus" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-virus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">anti-virus</a> provider headquartered in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Moscow</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Russia</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-hoover_RU-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a> and operated by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">holding company</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United Kingdom</a>. It was founded in 1997 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Kaspersky" title="Eugene Kaspersky" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Eugene Kaspersky</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalya_Kaspersky" title="Natalya Kaspersky" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Natalya Kaspersky</a>, and Alexey De-Monderik; Eugene Kaspersky is currently the CEO. Kaspersky Lab develops and sells antivirus, internet security, password management, endpoint security, and other cybersecurity products and services.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-aodnjfaosjdpi-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a>Kaspersky expanded abroad from 2005–2010 and grew to $698 million in annual revenues by 2017, up 8% from 2016, though annual revenues were down 8% in North America due to U.S. government security concerns.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Roy19012018-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> As of 2016, the software has about 400 million users and has the largest market-share of cybersecurity software vendors in Europe. Kaspersky Lab ranks fourth in the global ranking of antivirus vendors by revenue.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a> It was the first Russian company to be included into the rating of the world's leading software companies, called the Software Top 100 (79th on the list, as of 6/29/2012). Kaspersky Lab is ranked 4th in Endpoint Security segment according to IDC data for 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner" title="Gartner" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gartner</a>, Kaspersky Lab is currently the third largest vendor of consumer IT security software worldwide and the fifth largest vendor of Enterprise Endpoint Protection. In 2012 Kaspersky Lab was named a "Leader" in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner_Magic_Quadrant" class="mw-redirect" title="Gartner Magic Quadrant" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gartner Magic Quadrant</a> for Endpoint Protection Platforms.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a>The Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has led the discovery of sophisticated espionage platforms conducted by nations, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group" title="Equation Group" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Equation Group</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet" title="Stuxnet" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Stuxnet</a> worm. Various covert government-sponsored <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-espionage" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyber-espionage" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">cyber-espionage</a> efforts were uncovered through their research. Kaspersky also publishes the annual Global IT Security Risks Survey.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-InformationWeek_2016-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a> As of 2014, Kaspersky's research hubs analyze more than 350,000 malware samples per day.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a>Kaspersky has faced controversy over allegations that it has engaged with the Russian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Security_Service" title="Federal Security Service" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Federal Security Service</a> (FSB)—ties which the company has actively denied. The U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Homeland Security" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Department of Homeland Security</a> banned Kaspersky products from all government departments on 13 September 2017. In October 2017, subsequent reports alleged that hackers working for the Russian government stole confidential data from the home computer of an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">National Security Agency</a> contractor via Kaspersky antivirus software. Kaspersky denied the allegations, reporting that the software had detected Equation Group malware samples which it uploaded to its servers for analysis in its normal course of operation. The company has since announced commitments to increased accountability, such as soliciting independent reviews and verification of its software's source code, and announcing that it would migrate some of its core infrastructure for foreign customers from Russia to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Switzerland</a>.<div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><ul style="list-style-image: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#History" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1History</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#Products" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Products</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#Partnerships" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3Partnerships</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#Market_assessments_and_reception" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4Market assessments and reception</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#Malware_discovery" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5Malware discovery</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#Bans_and_allegations_of_Russian_government_ties" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6Bans and allegations of Russian government ties</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#See_also" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#Notes" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">8Notes</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">9References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">10External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">History</h2>The first version of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software was developed by Eugene Kaspersky in 1989 in response to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade(computer_virus)" title="Cascade (computer virus)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Cascade Virus</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-one-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-two-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a> Early versions had just 40 virus definitions and were mostly distributed to friends and family members.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-twenty-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a> Eugene continued developing the software at KAMI,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-twenty-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-five-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> resulting in the AntiViral Toolkit Pro (AVP) product released in 1992.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-five-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-six-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-four-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a> It was popularized in 1994 after a competitive analysis by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamburg University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Hamburg University</a> gave Eugene's software first place.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-five-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-six-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-four-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Russia_Beyond_The_Headlines_2010-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a>In 1997, Eugene Kaspersky, his wife <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalya_Kaspersky" title="Natalya Kaspersky" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Natalya Kaspersky</a>, and Alexey De-Monderik left KAMI to form Kaspersky Lab,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Shachtman_2011-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[a]</a> and to continue developing the antivirus product, then called AVP.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Kaspersky_Bio-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Infosecurity_Magazine_2010-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a> The product was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus after an American company registered the AVP trademark in the US.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Kaspersky_Bio-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a>In 1998, a Taiwanese student released a virus called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIH(computer_virus)" title="CIH (computer virus)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">CIH</a>. During the first three weeks of the outbreak, Kaspersky Lab's AVP was the only software at the time able to remove it. This increased demand and led to deals with antivirus companies in Japan, Finland and Germany to integrate AVP into their software.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-twenty-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Kaspersky_Bio-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Meyer_Peng_2016_p.310-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIRED" class="mw-redirect" title="WIRED" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">WIRED</a>, Kaspersky's software was "advanced for the time". For example, it was the first software to monitor viruses in an isolated quarantine.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-eleven-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a> The company's revenue grew 280 percent from 1998 to 2000, with about 60 percent of its revenue coming from foreign sales.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Kaspersky_Bio-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a> Natalya worked to broker deals abroad and localize the software. It opened offices in the UK, Poland, Holland and China. It later expanded to Germany, France, the US and Japan.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Meyer_Peng_2016_p.310-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a> By 2000, the company had 65 employees and sales in more than 40 countries.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Kaspersky_Bio-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a> Kaspersky opened new offices in South East Asia and the Middle East in 2008<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-five-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> and in South Africa in 2009.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Business_Day_Live_2009-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a> It also expanded in India, the Middle East and Africa in 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-five-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Arab_News_2010-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a> In 2009, retail sales of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus products reached almost 4.5 million copies per year.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Shachtman_2011-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a>In 2011, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atlantic" title="General Atlantic" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">General Atlantic</a> bought a 20 percent share of Kaspersky Lab for $200 million, with the expectation of helping the company go public. A few months later, the decision was made to keep the firm private and Kaspersky re-purchased the shares from General Atlantic.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Reuters_2012-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[29]</a> This was followed by numerous executive departures in 2011 and 2014 regarding disputes over going public and over Eugene's management style.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Finkle_2014-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a>On January 1, 2012, Kaspersky Lab officially left the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA(The_Software_Alliance)" title="BSA (The Software Alliance)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Business Software Alliance (BSA)</a> over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act" title="Stop Online Piracy Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">SOPA</a>. The BSA had supported the controversial anti-piracy bill, but Kaspersky Lab did not support it stating, "we believe that such measures will be used contrary to the modern advances in technology and the needs of consumers," and to show their disapproval, announced their intent to leave on December 5, 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a>By 2013, the company had an unaudited $667 million in annual revenues.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Finkle_2014-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a> In 2014, Kaspersky Lab signed a distribution deal with Ingram Micro, which significantly expanded its reseller program.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Hoffman_2011-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a>In August 2015, two former Kaspersky employees alleged that the company introduced modified files into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirusTotal" title="VirusTotal" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">VirusTotal</a> antivirus database to trick software from Kaspersky competitors into triggering false positives in virus and malware scans. A possible motive is that Eugene allegedly was furious at competitors perceived to be "unfairly" free-riding on Kaspersky's malware discoveries via the open-source VirusTotal database. The company denied the allegations.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[34]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-Menn_2015-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a> On his personal blog, Eugene Kaspersky compared the accusations to unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a> Reuters followed up by publishing leaked emails allegedly from Kaspersky alluding to "falsies" and "rubbing out" foreign competitors; Kaspersky Lab stated the emails "may not be legitimate and were obtained from anonymous sources that have a hidden agenda".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[38]</a>In 2016, Kaspersky executive Ruslan Stoyanov was arrested by Russian authorities on charges predating his work at Kaspersky.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-40" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a> In 2019, he was convicted of treason.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[40]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Products</h2></div><div>
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