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Re:Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working with Russian Intelligence by captainmuon on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @11:38AM (#14745045)
Before we entered The Darkest Timeline, NSA used to be known for helping American companies with their encryption and cybersecurity, and preventing corporate espionage.

I'm one of the first when it comes to criticizing overreach of governments and intelligence agencies, but I do recognize that they do a lot of legitimate and positive work.

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Re:Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working with Russian Intelligence by the-dude on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @12:20PM (#14745419)
Preventing corporate espionage : priceless!

"The paper said the agency "lifted all the faxes and phone-calls between Airbus, the Saudi national airline and the Saudi Government" to gain this information."

Agency : NSA.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/820758.stm

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Re:Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working with Russian Intelligence by captainmuon on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @06:58AM (#14751488)
Well, prevent espionage from other countries on US firms of course. And there is always the discrepancy between stated goals and reality.
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Re:Kaspersky Lab Has Been Working with Russian Intelligence by 086421357909764 on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @11:50AM (#14745164)
They still do extensive work on mitigating and responding to corporate and nation-state espionage. Aurora is probably the most public taste of the work behind closed doors.
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