Kaspersky has been known to collaborate with the Russian government and promote Russian interest. They've actively pursued state actors that are hostile to Russian interest, for example The Equation Group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group), which wouldn't be an organic part of the function or activities of a normal civilian cyber-security company. Such an "innocent" company would have no reason to get involved in cyberwarfare between state-actors, while Kaspersky is heavily involved in such activities and pouring considerable resources into them. This is especially damning since they are clearly targeting state-actors that are antagonistic to Russian interest, such as the US (Equation Group) and its allies (Israel), yet are totally silent on pro-Russian activity.
For anyone who's been at all aware of its history, it is clear that Kaspersky is at the very least actively collaborating with the Russian government, most likely doing its bidding, and possibly can be described as a cyber-security arm of Russian security forces.
I'm honestly surprised their products aren't already banned across all US government agencies.
For anyone who's been at all aware of its history, it is clear that Kaspersky is at the very least actively collaborating with the Russian government, most likely doing its bidding, and possibly can be described as a cyber-security arm of Russian security forces.
I'm honestly surprised their products aren't already banned across all US government agencies.