Kavkaz Center Accuses Russian Cybersecurity Firm Of Launching Ongoing DDoS Attacks Against Its Website Using 'Kaspersky Antivirus' Software

September 4, 2012
On August 19, 2012, the Kavkaz Center (KC), a website affiliated with the Caucasus Emirate (CE), claimed that Eugene Kaspersky, head of Russia's largest cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab, was a KGB (i.e. FSB) agent and that he was behind the ongoing DDoS attacks against the KC website "using zombie computers infected with his 'Kaspersky anti-virus' [software]."[1] Eugene Kaspersky To request a full copy of this MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor report, send us an email with the report title, number, and date in the subject line, and include your name, title, organization, and official contact info in the body of the email.

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