Undercover spy targeted Kaspersky critics
1 / 9This Tuesday, March 5, 2019 photo shows an entrance to the skyscraper that houses the London office of Israeli private investigation firm Black Cube. The company drew international criticism for its work protecting the reputation of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. returning to one topic in particular: the Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab.
Giles said he met with Lambert twice last year, ostensibly to discuss Giles speaking at a cybersecurity conference that Lambert's company was organizing. But he said Lambert seemed far more interested in asking whether anyone had been paid to publicly undermine Kaspersky. U.S. lawmakers began calling for restrictions on Kaspersky, contending a Russian firm could not be trusted to keep American networks safe, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered federal agencies to remove the firm's antivirus software from their computers.
Research by Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog group based at the University of Toronto's Munk School, suggests Lucas Lambert's operation is linked to an almost identical one involving a man calling himself Michel Lambert. His bungled attempt in a Manhattan restaurant to entrap John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the lab, was caught on camera by AP reporters two months ago.
Giles said Lucas Lambert first reached out to him in April 2018, offering him $10,000 to deliver a keynote speech at an investor conference being organized by his company. But when they met the next month to discuss the idea, Giles said Lambert spent more time quizzing him on his attitude toward Kaspersky.
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