Head Of Investigations At Russia’s Biggest Cybersecurity Firm Arrested For Treason
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jan 25, 2017
In what may be the latest fallout from the cold cyberwar taking place between the US and Russia, the head of the investigation unit, and one of the most important cybercrime experts at Kaspersky Lab, Russia’s biggest cybersecurity firm, was been arrested on charges of treason. Stoyanov was involved in every big anti-cybercrime operation in Russia in past years, including the one against the components of the Lurk cybercrime gang.
Kaspersky Lab confirmed to AP reports in Russia’s Kommersant newspaper that Ruslan Stoyanov, head of its computer incidents investigations unit, was arrested in December.
According to the “Kommersant” the arrest may be linked to the investigation on into Sergei Mikhailov, deputy head of the information security department of the FSB, Russia national security service. Stoyanov and Mikhailov were both arrested in December, according to the Kommersant the investigation was exploring the receipt of money from foreign companies by Stoyanov and his links to Mikhailov. Mikhailov is also facing treason charges alongside Stoyanov.
Kaspersky spokeswoman Maria Shirokova, said in a statement that Stoyanov’s arrest “has nothing to do with Kaspersky Lab and its operations.”
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