Katalov told Forbes he was taken aside by unidentified agents for inquiries about his company, Elcomsoft, a specialist in grabbing data cops can't, especially anything stored in Apple's iCloud. At least two other Russian security outfits - Oxygen Forensics and Passware – are also doing contract work for U.S. government and law enforcement bodies. Katalov denies any direct ties to the government, but freely admits he provides tools and training to security agencies in Russia. He also chose not to base the company in Russia, though it does plenty of business in Moscow. For his part, Fedorov said the U.S. would be foolish to ban use of all Russian hacking tools.

Source: Forbes August 30, 2017 15:10 UTC