It's not the Russian people it's not even the Russian companies it's Putin's increasingly hostile government above them all that makes it essential to free yourself from the Russian cyber-connection.
The bottom line is it's time to cut ties with potentially hostile companies. This is true of any Russian-based software or service you may be using.
There is simply no responsible way to keep running Kaspersky software. We also know that Kaspersky's Internet-connected software in Berlin, London, or New York is only milliseconds away from its servers in Russia. Be that as it may, there's plenty of objective evidence that the government under which Kaspersky operates is doing evil. He argues there is no "objective evidence" showing Kaspersky is up to no good. Kaspersky, in the meantime, insists that all this is nonsense and that you should keep using his products. Or, as the BSI put it: "A Russian IT manufacturer can carry out offensive operations itself, be forced to attack target systems against its will, or be spied on as a victim of a cyber operation without its knowledge or as a tool for attacks against its own customers." So, even if Kaspersky - the person and the company - are as innocent as they can be, its technology could easily be taken over and used to abuse its Western users. This same connection is a highway right into the heart of your PCs and servers. That delusion went up in flames along with the suburbs of Kharkiv and Kyiv.Įven if Kaspersky, who hasn't condemned the invasion, is just trying to make an honest ruble, the simple fact is that anti-virus software must, as the BSI points out, "maintain a permanent, encrypted and non-verifiable connection to the manufacturer's servers" for updates. But, until recently, we in the West could pretend that the Russian elite were just like us. Kaspersky himself is a graduate of a KGB elite cryptology school and was a former Soviet military intelligence software engineer. I mean, seriously, they're "security" programs from a NATO enemy. The German Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) has just warned everyone that they should stop using Kaspersky virus programs and recommends users "replace them with alternative products." Why? Because of the obvious: You can't trust them. Still, many Russian businesses, including Kaspersky, are trying to keep running business as usual.
Recently, realizing that his invasion is failing, he threatened to cleanse Russia of "scum and traitors." But, while that is certainly a reason to keep your head down and your mouth shut if you're living inside Russia, it hasn't stopped true patriots such as Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova who interrupted the Russian national Channel One news broadcast to tell the people that their government was lying to them about the war. Of course, it takes courage to stand up to Putin. This is Russian President Vladimir Putin's attempt to turn back the clock and recreate Ukraine as part of a Russian-dominated Soviet empire. There is no moral defense for supporting the current Russian regime.Īnd, compromise? There is no compromise here. As I write this, the latest Russian atrocity is the bombing of a Mariupol theater being used as a civilian shelter. So, there's nothing too surprising when we see Moscow-based security leader Kaspersky founder Eugene Kaspersky trying to tiptoe his way around Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Twitter: "We welcome the start of negotiations to resolve the current situation in Ukraine and hope that they will lead to a cessation of hostilities and a compromise."
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