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German Government Agency warns about using Kaspersky

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Re: German Government Agency warns about using Kaspersky

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Post by montzark »

Little bit worried about Jetbrains products as well. I think they have development centers in Russia? Not worried about company, but rather some disgruntled employee, for example put this USB stick to your computer or otherwise we will prosecute you or your close one for participating in protests or some fabricated accusation.

Re: German Government Agency warns about using Kaspersky

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Post by dannyw »

montzark wrote: post #2

Little bit worried about Jetbrains products as well. I think they have development centers in Russia? Not worried about company, but rather some disgruntled employee, for example put this USB stick to your computer or otherwise we will prosecute you or your close one for participating in protests or some fabricated accusation.

Insider attacks should be part of every threat model.

Re: German Government Agency warns about using Kaspersky

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Post by ognarb »

montzark wrote: post #2

Little bit worried about Jetbrains products as well. I think they have development centers in Russia? Not worried about company, but rather some disgruntled employee, for example put this USB stick to your computer or otherwise we will prosecute you or your close one for participating in protests or some fabricated accusation.

Look at https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2022/03/11/jetbrains-stateme..., they are actively moving all their employees out of Russia.

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Post by pacificmint »

montzark wrote: post #2

Little bit worried about Jetbrains products as well. I think they have development centers in Russia? Not worried about company, but rather some disgruntled employee, for example put this USB stick to your computer or otherwise we will prosecute you or your close one for participating in protests or some fabricated accusation.

Jetbrains is Czech. They have suspended their sales and R&D activities in Russia and Belarus two weeks ago[1].

Hacker News discussion from when it was announced[2].

[1] https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2022/03/11/jetbrains-stateme... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30639572

Re: German Government Agency warns about using Kaspersky

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Post by montzark »

pacificmint wrote: post #8
montzark wrote: post #2

Little bit worried about Jetbrains products as well. I think they have development centers in Russia? Not worried about company, but rather some disgruntled employee, for example put this USB stick to your computer or otherwise we will prosecute you or your close one for participating in protests or some fabricated accusation.

Jetbrains is Czech. They have suspended their sales and R&D activities in Russia and Belarus two weeks ago[1]. Hacker News discussion from when it was announced[2]. [1] https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2022/03/11/jetbrains-stateme... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30639572

Thanks! My bad.
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