U.S. intelligence officials told a Congressional committee on Thursday they are reviewing government use of software from Russia’s Kaspersky Lab as senators raised concerns that Moscow might use the product to attack American computer networks.National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers told a Senate committee that he was personally involved in monitoring the Kaspersky issue, but did not elaborate.We are tracking Kaspersky and their software, said Defense Intelligence Agency Director Vincent Stewart.ABC News and Buzzfeed News this week reported U.S. officials were increasingly concerned that Russian spies might seek to use Kaspersky computer-security software to spy on Americans or sabotage key U.S. systems.ABC said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a secret report on the matter in February and that the FBI was investigating Kaspersky Lab’s relationship to the Russian government, citing unnamed sources.
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