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Re:FBI pushes private sector to cut ties with Kaspersky by wildmusings on Thursday August 17, 2017 @06:52PM (#15041799)
In addition to being law enforcement, the FBI is also a domestic intelligence and counterintelligence agency. This would fall under their counterintelligence mission.
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Re:FBI pushes private sector to cut ties with Kaspersky by JonDav on Thursday August 17, 2017 @07:59PM (#15042201)
This is correct, FBI have aided in the securing of many private sector systems in the past. When a few critical flaws in the consumer credit network (eg visa,amex) were detected it was with the FBI's assistance and they oversaw the implementation of improvements.
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