Cybersecurity
Russian Apps Could Be ‘Counterintelligence Threat,’ FBI Says
- FaceApp cited as one potential threat in letter to Schumer
- Russia requires firms to keep data on Russian users in country
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The FBI is treating any mobile app that comes out of Russia as a “potential counterintelligence threat,” the U.S.’s top law enforcement agency said in a letter to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s concern arises in part from “the legal mechanisms available to the Government of Russia that permit access to data” in the country, according to the letter, which Schumer’s office released Monday.