“Russian affair”, that is, how Swiss intelligence collaborated with Kaspersky Lab

[First Signals](https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/impact-investigativ/video/russland-affaere—-liess-sich-der-schweizer-geheimdienst-ausspienieren?urn=urn:srf:video:e7efa9b9-24b9-4045-9fe4-736a44815d17) had already appeared in September 2018, erstwhile the Western intelligence agencies submitted information about **“illegal data transfer” from Switzerland to Russia** via Kaspersky Lab. Despite this, only at the end of 2020, following further confidential warnings, the NDB launched an interior investigation and yet reorganized the cyber division, which resulted in the departure of its chief – the alleged ‘W’ – and the restructuring of the squad – [give](https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/russland-affaere-im-ndb-liessich-der-schweizer-geheimdienst-von-russland-beeinflussen) local media.