KZ

KAZAKHSTAN

Intel Environment

Military Alliance	CSTO, SCO
Interior Intelligence Services
Exterior Intelligence Services
Military Intelligence Services
SIGINT/COMINT Alliances

Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment

Type	Name	Ownership	Main Office	URL	Notes
GSM900	GSM Kazakhstan Ltd (K'CELL)			http://www.kcell.kz/
GSM900	KaR-Tel LLP (Beeline)			http://www.beeline.kz/
GSM900	Mobile Telecom Service LLP (Mobile Telecom Service)			http://www.tele2.kz/

Transnational Cables and Connections

Type

Name

Ownership

Connecting Operator Point A

Connection Operator Point B

URL/Notes

Vendor Appearance

• 2013: HACKINGTEAM see securelist.com Report 20130425

Articles / Events / Situations

2016

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20160122	foreignpolicy.com	The Espionage Economy - U.S. firms are making billions selling spyware to dictators.	MARTINELLI, RICARDO / PA / NSO GROUP TECHNOLOGIES / PEGASUS / VERINT / CO / NICE / KZ / UZ / METRONOME

2015

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20150710	wikileaks.org	HACKINGTEAM: /etc/LISTA.txt	HACKINGTEAM / US / NL / BY / MY / TR / SA / KW / IN / ID / AE / GR / SG / CZ / IT / DE / FR / NO / RS / CY / LT / ZA / HU / PL / DK / NZ / ZW / SI / KR / VA / CH / ES / CA / MT / UY / VN / BG / KZ / MO / HR / GT / QA / AT / SB / JP / RO / NA / FI / SE / RU / BN / LB / GH

2014

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20141120	firstlook.org/theintercept	U.S. Firms Accused of Enabling Surveillance in Despotic Central Asian Regimes	VERINT / NETRONOME / NICE / KZ / UZ
20141120	privacyinternational.org	Privacy International uncovers widespread surveillance throughout Central Asia, exposes role of Israeli companies	KZ / KG / TJ / TM / UZ / VERINT / NICE / KNB / SNB
20141120	privacyinternational.org	Special Report: Private Interests - Monitoring Central Asia	KZ / KG / TJ / TM / UZ / VERINT / NICE / KNB / SNB
20141031	rt.com	Bypassing encryption: Italian firm ‘sells global spyware to police, govts	HACKINGTEAM / ET / KZ / SA / MX / OM
20140701	infosecinstitute.com	How Russia Controls the Internet	RU / SORM / FSB / NIKIFOROV, NIKOLAI / GOOGLE / SMIRNOV, SERGEI / DPI / SANDVINE / ALLOT / CISCO / PROCERA / HUAWEI / VIMPELCOM / MEGAFON / MTS / BY / KZ / UZ / UA
20140217	citizenlab.org	Mapping Hacking Team’s “Untraceable” Spyware	HACKINGTEAM / AZ / CO / EG / ET / HU / IT / KZ / KR / MY / MX / MA / NG / OM / PA / PL / SA / SD / TH / TR / AE / UZ

2013

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130904	sueddeutsche.de	Exporte von Überwachungstechnologie: Trojaner für Diktatoren	GAMMA / FINFISHER / MUENCH, MARTIN J / TM / KZ
20130904	wikileaks.org	GAMMA: Martin Muench	GAMMA / MUENCH, MARTIN J / MX / US / DE / CZ / KZ / GB / NL / FR / RS
20130425	securelist.com	Spyware. HackingTeam	HACKINGTEAM / MX / IT / VN / AE / IQ / LB / MA / PA / TJ / IN / IR / SA / KR / ES / PL / TR / AR / CA / ML / OM / CN / US / KZ / EG / UA / UZ / CO / TW / BR / RU / KG / GB / BH / ET / ID / DE / LY
20130312	bugbrother.blog.lemonde.fr	Amesys: les documents qui impliquent Ziad Takieddine et Philippe Vannier, le PDG de Bull	AMESYS / MA / AE / GA / SA / KZ / LY

2012

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20121221	wired.com	In Ex-Soviet States, Russian Spy Tech Still Watches You	SORM / RU / UA / KZ / BY / ISKRATEL
30.04.2012	slate.com	Your Eurovision Song Contest Vote May Be Monitored: Mass Surveillance in Former Soviet Republics	TELIASONERA BY AZ KZ UZ TJ GE SORM
30.04.2012	rjgallagher.co.uk	Mass Surveillance in Former Soviet Republic	TELIASONERA BY AZ KZ UZ TJ GE
26.04.2012	svt.se	Video: The Black Boxes: Nordic Telecom giant Teliasonera is intimately connected to human rights abuses in the former CIS countries where the company is a dominant player in the mobile telephony market, Swedish Television´s "Uppdrag granskning" can disclose in an in depth investigation.	TELIASONERA BY AZ KZ UZ TJ GE