Mexican Reports on Alleged US Computer Espionage Under Investigation Anastasia Levchenko - Sputnik
go to original February 19, 2015

The Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab has discovered new methods allegedly used by a group known as the ‘Equation Group’, potentially linked to America’s National Security Agency, to establish the world's most complex spy system, infecting tens of thousands of computers and targeting computer networks and telecoms across 30 countries. (RT)

Moscow-based Internet security company Kaspersky Lab is currently working with a Mexican newspaper to establish the source of information it received about alleged US espionage, the company's officer told Sputnik on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Mexico's Excelsior newspaper reported, citing Kaspersky Lab analyst Dmitry Bestuzhev, that Washington had been spying on Mexico using computer systems since 1996. However, Kaspersky Lab maintains that Bestuzev never made the claims.

"We are working with the publication to understand how this could happen," Kristina Ardelyanu, head of threat research and security intelligence PR, told Sputnik.

The Mexican newspaper's report came the day after Kaspersky Lab revealed an unprecedented hacking program conducted by a group dubbed the Equation Group.

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