Media Commentary: Giles and Kaspersky

media commentary: Then there was the awkward conversation, which kept returning to one topic in particular the Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab, according to The Japan Times. He also asked Giles to repeat himself or speak louder so persistently that Giles said he began wondering whether I should be speaking into his tie or his briefcase or wherever the microphone was. ; He was drilling down hard on whether there had been any ulterior motives behind negative media commentary on Kaspersky, said Giles, a Russia specialist with London's Chatham House think tank who often has urged caution about Kaspersky's alleged Kremlin connections. The man seated in front of him at the London hotel claimed to live in Hong Kong, but didn't seem overly familiar with the city. The angle he wanted to push was that individuals like me who had been quoted in the media had been induced by or motivated to do so by Kaspersky's competitors. Giles said he met with Lambert twice last year, ostensibly to discuss Giles speaking at a cybersecurity conference that Lambert's company was organizing. The Associated Press has learned that the mysterious man, who said his name was Lucas Lambert, spent several months last year investigating critics of Kaspersky Lab, organizing at least four meetings with cybersecurity experts in London and New York. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.