June 13, 2025|
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|6 months agoSwiss Intelligence Service's Russian Company Links Raise Security Concerns
Investigation reveals Swiss Federal Intelligence Service maintained connections with multiple Russian tech companies, raising national security questions
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- The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) maintained close working relationships with Kaspersky and two other Russia-linked companies between 2015 and 2020.
- Company 'Blue', based in Zurich, was founded by two Russian nationals and one Swiss citizen, and recruited staff in Russia.
- FIS had direct access to Company 'Blue's' servers and received data transfers at least a dozen times.
- FIS arranged for Kaspersky to transfer payments to Company 'Violet' on its behalf.
- Defense Minister Martin Pfister has initiated an external administrative investigation into the matter.
By The Numbers
2015-2020
Timeframe of collaboration
3
Key partner companies
12+
Data transfers
They Said
"The relationship began (…) in 2016 or 2017 in Moscow."
"The most important source of information."