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17 July 2026
‘Made in EU’ password manager shares codebase with Russian State-certified firm
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The product originated in Arkhangelsk, northwest Russia, in June 2014, founded by Russians Ilya Garakh and Andrey Pyankov.
Carl Deconinck
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A Spain-based password management solution marketed as a fully European product maintains technical connections to a Russian sister company certified by Russian State agencies, an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has revealed.
Passwork Europe SL, which supplies password management software to European government agencies, universities and other organisations, emphasises its EU credentials on its website with statements such as "Passwork – European company built for trust" and a "Made in EU 2017" badge.
Company guidance for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, published this year, said the firm was "bootstrapped, founder-owned, and has no affiliations with any US, Russian, or other non-European entities".
But reporters found that the software shares a common codebase origin with a Russian counterpart, Passwork LLC, receives updates on a similar timeline and features a near-identical user manual.
The Russian firm lists clients including sanctioned Russian missile manufacturers and space technology developers, and holds certifications from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC), an agency under Russia’s Defence Ministry, and the Federal Security Service...