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Victor Sheymov

Victor Ivanovich Sheymov (9 May 1946 in Moscow – 18 October 2019 in Vienna (Va.)) was a Russian computer security expert, author and patent holder of computer security innovations. A former intelligence official with the rank of major in the Soviet KGB, Sheymov defected to the United States in May 1980, choosing to come out of hiding a decade later.

Since becoming a US citizen, Sheymov was active in the computer security industry as the CEO of Invicta Networks, a Northern Virginia-based developer of advanced cyber-security technologies. He also published two memoirs, ''Tower of Secrets'' and "Tiebreaker," about his experiences in the KGB and life in the United States, as well as "Cyberspace and Security," and "Party Gold"—a novel that described the search for a vast sum of money spirited out of the USSR at the time of the Soviet Union's collapse. Provided by Wikipedia