Jack Barsky

Jack Philip Barsky is an author, former chief information officer (CIO) at a Fortune 500 energy firm and former operative of the KGB who spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988. Exposed after the Cold War had ended, Barsky became a resource for U.S. counterintelligence agencies, and held executive technology roles at major U.S. corporations. He was not charged with any crime and was allowed to remain in the United States. His autobiography, Deep Undercover, was published in 2017, and he frequently speaks on his experiences and as an expert on espionage.

Across 1 conversation, Jack Barsky ranges across espionage, Cold War, geopolitics. Jack Barsky's KGB training included learning Morse code, encryption, and counter-surveillance over two years in Berlin. Barsky used a fabricated HIV/AIDS story to avoid returning to the USSR, leveraging the stigma of the disease for safety.

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