Kaspersky offers to turn over source code to US government

Kaspersky said the U.S. government can audit its source code, a move meant to prove Kaspersky Lab is not in bed with the Russian government.

By Ms. Smith

In light of a bill which would prohibit the Pentagon from using Kaspersky software, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Labs, said he would let the US government examine the source code to show that Kaspersky Lab is not in bed with the Russian government.

“If the United States needs, we can disclose the source code,” Kaspersky told the Associated Press. He’s willing to testify before Congress as well. “Anything I can do to prove that we don’t behave maliciously I will do it.”

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