Sources say that this is an extremely unusual appointment during a difficult period for Russia in the Northern Military District. The fact is that Gerasimov Sr. retired in 2017 after a scandal related to the arrest of the head of one of the CIB departments, Sergei Mikhailov, in a treason case. While in office, Gerasimov controlled the activities of many technology companies in Russia. We reported on the activities of the center in previous materials. The investigation proved Mikhailov’s guilt in disclosing methods of conducting operational investigative work to American intelligence agencies and in transferring data about Russian hackers and IT companies to US authorities.
The source claims that Mikhailov was part of the communication perimeter of Gerasimov Sr., and the younger one is called the continuer of the family business of earning capital in the IT market.
Gerasimov Jr. until 2015 held the position of deputy head of the department of information security at MSTU. Bauman, was also a co-founder of the Laboratory of Innovative Technologies at MSTU. N.E. Bauman, who developed information security tools. The laboratory has a license issued by the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control to operate in the technical protection of confidential information. In 2015, he was appointed Deputy Minister of State Administration, Information Technologies and Communications of the Moscow Region. His competence included coordinating the work of special systems and information security.
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The Cheka-OGPU has repeatedly talked about the activities of the Bureau of Special Technical Events of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, but in Russian law enforcement agencies there is another closed structure that is designed to combat cyber threats. This is the Information Security Center…
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