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Kaspersky Lab Confirms Software Firm’s Certificates Were Forged

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Kaspersky Lab Confirms Software Firm’s Certificates Were Forged

05:15 GMT 10.11.2017 (Updated: 18:19 GMT 03.11.2022)

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In WikiLeaks' newest Vault 8 series of CIA-linked revelations, the whistleblower website has exposed source codes for the agency's secret malware controller called Hive which masks communications with targeted computers by falsely attributing them to a trusted domain and issuing fake certificates on its behalf.

The chief executive of the Kaspersky Lab software firm has confirmed that leaked digital authentication certificates issued in its name were fake after WikiLeaks published more proof of CIA online spying.

This April 13, 2016 file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. - Sputnik International

WikiLeaks: CIA Wrote Code to 'Impersonate' Russia-Based Kaspersky Lab

9 November 2017, 16:05 GMT

"We've investigated the Vault 8 report and confirm the certificates in our name are fake. Our customers, private keys and services are safe and unaffected," Eugene Kaspersky tweeted late on Thursday.

We've investigated the Vault 8 report and confirm the certificates in our name are fake. Our customers, private keys and services are safe and unaffected
— Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) 9 ноября 2017 г.

WikiLeaks said that three examples included in the source code built a fake certificate for the Moscow-based anti-virus company, pretending to be signed by a Thawte Premium Server CA in Cape Town.