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| The Russian Security Agency requires internet companies to transfer user data |
Investigative Bell's website cited three sources from the company, according to which the FSB of the Russian Federation requested constant access to its systems from some of the country's largest internet companies.
This action affects a number of Russian Internet services that have been added to the list of bodies required to provide user data and messages to Russian law enforcement agencies on request.
The list was prepared by Roskomnadzor, Russia's Communications Regulatory Authority, and includes more than 200 companies, including the well-known Telegram News Service, some Yandex services, the VK social network and the Avito classified ads website. Ru, but it does not contain google and facebook services.
The head of Roskomnadzor, Alexander Zharov, said that the company was not included in the list until law enforcement officials requested that she be contacted for various purposes.
Bell said: Requests received last year require the company to install equipment to enable FSB employees at FSB in the Russian Federation to continuously access its information systems and decrypt the keys to contact the user.
Violations of the law may be prohibited and laws prohibit companies from disclosing information about this reaction.
The security agency requests the company to develop a system installation plan to fulfill and coordinate the responsibility of the security agency or research activities and to organize remote access to the corporate information system for FSB day and night, and to provide the center with information available to decrypt messages from Internet service users at the appropriate time.
Required information includes login information, real name, ownership, passport information, residence address, residence permit, list of user languages, contacts, account information in registering other services, IP addresses, messages, shared files, and voice calls.
An increasing number of internet organizations in Russia have criticized some opposition politicians and sparked protests by activists worried about the country's increasing interference in the Internet world. Russia has tried in the past to deny access to the Lightning Service, which has refused to grant users access to national security to obtain classified information.
The Russian authorities also began focusing on foreign services, including the Tinder dating app, which last year said it had agreed to add it to the Roskomnadzor registry, but it had not released users ’personal information.