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15 May, 15 tweets, 16 min read
Yury #Maksimov
Founder & CEO
Positive Technologies

#Maximov
app.qwoted.com/sources/yury-m…
#Maximov Yury Vladimirovich

board member, founder, shareholder Positive Technologies company

“born in the city of Fryazino of the Moscow region. Graduated from physical faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) & a postgraduate study of MSU.”

tadviser.com/index.php/Pers…
“…Together with Dmitry #Maximov and Evgeny #Kireev worked on creation of the first versions of the intelligent XSpider scanner, popular development of Positive Technologies company, was an initiator of creation and took active part in formation of a system of…MaxPatrol.”

#PTCo
“Positive Technologies is an independent high-growth global cybersecurity company with 700 people in ten offices on four continents. In a world increasingly run on code, vulnerable software presents a huge risk to all areas …”

#PTSecurity
#Maksimov
crunchbase.com/organization/p…
“Positive Technologies is one of the several Russian #tech firms sanctioned in April by the U.S. for allegedly supporting Kremlin intelligence agencies.”

Yury #Maksimov
Yuri #Maximov
#PT
#PTCo
#PTSecurity
#RussianTech
securityweek.com/vmware-patches…
“the US Treasury declared that #Positive was selling weaponised #infosec tech to the Russian government & ran recruiting events for state hacking agencies…

The MIT Technology Review alleged, citing ‘previously unreported US intelligence assessments…’”

theregister.com/2021/04/16/pos…
“… The MIT Technology Review alleged, citing ‘previously unreported US intelligence assessments’ it had apparently seen, that #Positive ‘develops and sells weaponised #software exploits to the Russian government.'"

#PT
Yury #Maksimov
theregister.com/2021/04/16/pos…
‘Russian Security Vendor #Positive Technologies Dropped From #MAPP Member List’

“The sanctions were announced against six Russian companies & 32 individuals & entities who the U.S. believes help Russian intelligence to conduct cyberespionage…”

#Maksimov
securityweek.com/russian-securi…
“… cyberespionage and election interference activities. The Biden administration also expelled 10 Russian diplomats.

#Positive Technologies, one of the sanctioned organizations…lists on its website the Russian government as being one of its customers.”

securityweek.com/russian-securi…
‘The $1 billion #Russian #cyber company that the US says #hacks for Moscow’

‘Washington has sanctioned Russian cybersecurity firm #Positive Technologies. US intelligence reports claim it provides hacking tools & runs operations for the Kremlin’

#FSB
#SVR
technologyreview.com/2021/04/15/102…
“…US officials have privately concluded that the company is a major provider of offensive hacking tools, knowledge, & even operations to Russian spies. #Positive is believed to be part of a constellation of private sector firms and cybercriminal groups that support Russia’s…”
“… cybercriminal groups that support Russia’s geopolitical goals, and which the US increasingly views as a direct threat. …

it also develops and sells weaponized software exploits to the Russian government. …”

#Positive Technologies
#Maksimov
technologyreview.com/2021/04/15/102…
“…American intelligence agencies have long concluded that #Positive also runs actual #hacking operations itself, with a large team allowed to run its own #cyber campaigns as long as they are in #Russia’s national interest.”

#PTSecurity
#Maximov
#Maksimov
technologyreview.com/2021/04/15/102…
“‘Differentiating between what is ‘cybercrime’ & what is nation-state activity, such as espionage, is getting increasingly difficult, especially concerning Russia … In part, this is bc some individuals who have day jobs as government hackers…

#Maksimov
rferl.org/a/methbot-russ…
“‘… In part, this is because some individuals who have day jobs as government hackers -- or contractors -- seem to hack the West in their spare time -- for fun, patriotism or profit.’”

#Maximov
#Maksimov
#Positive Technologies
#Russian
#sanctioned
rferl.org/a/methbot-russ…

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