Kaspersky Lab denies involvement in Russian hack of NSA contractor

Eugene Kaspersky, the founder of the Moscow-based cybersecurity firm, called allegations of role in government hack 'like the script of a C movie'

Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has hit back at a report in the Wall Street Journal which accused it of being involved in a Russian government hack of an NSA contractor in 2015.

The paper reported on Thursday that the NSA contractor, a Vietnamese national who was working to create replacements for the hacking tools leaked by Edward Snowden, was hacked on his personal computer after he took his work home.