伦敦警察厅已停止使用 Oxygen Forensics 公司的数字取证软件，目前正就美国方面的指控展开调查。美方指控称，这家名义上的美国公司实则由俄罗斯人秘密持有，且其产品是在莫斯科开发的。
The Metropolitan Police has stopped using digital forensics software from Oxygen Forensics while it investigates US allegations that the supposedly American outfit was secretly owned by Russians and developing its wares in Moscow.
苏格兰场证实，在上周美国检察官指控 Oxygen 公司首席执行官李·雷伯（Lee Reiber）和俄罗斯公民奥列格·谢尔盖耶维奇·达维多夫（Oleg Sergeyevich Davydov）隐瞒公司所有权及软件实际开发地后，伦敦警察厅已暂停使用该公司的工具，并启动了“全面审查”。
Scotland Yard confirmed it has paused use of the company's tools and launched a "full review," after US prosecutors last week accused Oxygen CEO Lee Reiber and Russian national Oleg Sergeyevich Davydov of concealing the company's ownership and where its software was actually being built. The Met signed a three-year deal with Oxygen in December 2023.
伦敦警察厅于 2023 年 12 月与 Oxygen 公司签署了一份为期三年的协议。数字取证团队使用该软件从调查中扣押的手机及其他设备中提取并分析数据。
Digital forensics teams use its software to extract and analyze data from phones and other devices seized during investigations. "We have paused our use of the tool while we carry out a full review," a Met spokesperson told The Times.
“在进行全面审查期间，我们已暂停使用该工具，”伦敦警察厅发言人告诉《泰晤士报》，“目前，我们认为这对正在进行的调查影响极其有限。伦敦警察厅不会与 Oxygen Forensics Inc. 分享从调查中获得的任何数据。”
警方表示，Oxygen 的软件运行在未连接互联网的封闭式 IT 系统上，在过去一年中，其数字取证团队执行的 23,000 多项行动中，使用该软件的比例不到 0.2%。
"At this time, we believe any impact to ongoing investigations will be extremely limited. The Met does not share any data obtained from investigations with Oxygen Forensics Inc." The force said Oxygen's software runs on a closed IT system that isn't connected to the internet and was used in less than 0.2 percent of the more than 23,000 actions carried out by its digital forensics team over the past year.
在此次暂停使用之前，美国司法部指控总部位于弗吉尼亚州亚历山大的 Oxygen 公司在向美国政府客户推介时，自称是一家独立的美国公司，但实际上该公司由五名俄罗斯公民通过一家位于塞浦路斯的控股公司持有并控制。
The pause comes after the US Department of Justice alleged that Oxygen, which is based in Alexandria, Virginia, presented itself to US government customers as an independent American company despite being owned and controlled by five Russian nationals through a Cyprus-based holding company.
检察官声称，这五名俄罗斯人同时拥有总部位于莫斯科的 MKO Systems（前身为 Oxygen Software），而 Oxygen 的软件正是由该公司的开发人员编写的。与此同时，MKO 公司在俄罗斯以不同的产品名称向客户销售该技术，据报道，其客户包括俄罗斯联邦安全局（即 FSB）、俄罗斯调查委员会以及内政部。Oxygen 的美国客户绝非等闲之辈。
Prosecutors claim the same five Russians also owned Moscow-based MKO Systems, previously known as Oxygen Software, where developers actually wrote Oxygen's software. MKO, meanwhile, sold the technology in Russia under different product names to customers reportedly including the Federal Security Service, better known as the FSB, as well as the Russian Investigative Committee and Ministry of Internal Affairs. Oxygen's US customers weren't exactly small fry.
美国国防部及国土安全部门购买了该公司的软件，其中包括国土安全部调查局（Homeland Security Investigations）、国土安全部监察长办公室（DHS Office of Inspector General）以及特勤局的国家计算机取证研究所（Secret Service’s National Computer Forensics Institute）。美国司法部并未指控该软件含有恶意代码，也未称该软件被用于未经授权地访问客户系统或数据。
US defense and homeland security agencies bought its software, including Homeland Security Investigations, the DHS Office of Inspector General, and the Secret Service's National Computer Forensics Institute. The DoJ isn't alleging that Oxygen's software contained malicious code or was used to gain unauthorized access to customer systems or data.
52岁的达维多夫（Davydov）上月在伦敦希思罗机场被捕，当时他正准备飞往土耳其。周二，他出庭接受了威斯敏斯特地方法院的审理，美国方面要求将其引渡。据《泰晤士报》报道，地方法官安东尼·卡洛韦（Anthony Calloway）以达维多夫拥有俄罗斯国籍和居住在俄罗斯为由，并担心他可能会逃往国外，因此拒绝批准其保释请求。
Davydov, 52, was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport last month while preparing to fly to Turkey and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday as the US seeks his extradition. District Judge Anthony Calloway declined to grant bail, according to The Times, citing Davydov's Russian citizenship and residence and the risk that he could flee.
威斯敏斯特地方法院的一名工作人员表示，由于“尚未有足够的时间收集相关重要信息”，因此未能批准其保释。
A clerk at Westminster Magistrates' Court told The that Davydov, was refused bail because it "hadn’t had enough time to gather important information." The fallout isn't limited to Scotland Yard.
这一事件的影响不仅限于伦敦警方（Scotland Yard）——英国国家警察局长委员会（National Police Chiefs’ Council）表示，英国其他执法部门也在使用Oxygen公司的产品，并已被建议自行对这些产品进行安全评估。该委员会发言人称：“我们了解到美国方面对Oxygen Forensics公司的指控，但目前这些仍只是指控而已；美国方面明确表示并未指控该软件含有恶意代码，也未称客户数据被未经授权地访问。”
The National Police Chiefs' Council said other UK forces also use Oxygen products and have been encouraged to carry out their own assessments. "We are aware of the allegations made by US authorities regarding Oxygen Forensics," an NPCC spokesperson said. "These remain allegations at this stage and we note that US authorities have stated they are not alleging the software contained malicious code or that customer data was accessed without authorisation."
发言人还补充道：“使用Oxygen产品的部门也被建议在当地进行适当的评估，以查明并处理可能存在的问题。”
"Forces that use Oxygen products have also been encouraged to undertake proportionate local assessments and activity to understand and contain any issues that are identified," the spokesperson added. The allegations are causing headaches elsewhere in Europe too.
这些指控也在欧洲其他地区引发了关注：罗马尼亚当局已开始停止使用Oxygen公司的产品，拉脱维亚国家警察也在评估结果出来之前暂停了对该软件的使用。记者联系了伦敦警察厅（The Met）、英国国家警察局长委员会（NPCC）以及Oxygen Forensics公司，但均未收到他们的回复。
Romanian authorities have begun terminating their use of Oxygen products, while Latvia's State Police has suspended the software pending an assessment. The contacted The Met, NPCC and Oxygen Forensics for comment. ®