Kimberly Zenz


Kimberly Zenz is Head of Threat Intelligence at the Deutsche Cyber-Sicherheitsorganisation, and a former senior threat analyst at iDefense. In 2019, a Moscow court reportedly accused her of passing along Russian state secrets to U.S. intelligence officials.

Education

Zenz went to Episcopal High School, College of William & Mary, and Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.

Capitol Polo Club

In 2006, Zenz established an elephant polo team, the Capitol Pachyderms.
In September 2006, the Capitol Pachyderms participated in the King's Cup Elephant Polo Championship in Thailand.
In November 2007, they participated in the 26th Chivas World Elephant Polo Championship in Nepal.

Career in Moscow

In 2006, Zenz began working as a senior analyst for Verisign's iDefense threat intelligence division in Moscow, specializing in Russian hacking groups.
In December 2016, she reportedly fled her apartment in Moscow.

U.S. intelligence allegations

In 2010, ChronoPay CEO Pavel Vrublevsky alleged that Zenz had been passing along classified information about his company to U.S. intelligence officials.
In 2019, a Moscow court reportedly accused Zenz of passing Russian state secrets to U.S. intelligence officials.
Zenz has denied these claims.