They also have a large and profitable industry selling state of the art tools to authoritarian regimes/dictators to target democracy activists and journalists.
Software for cracking Blu-rays? Russia was first.
Software for cracking 4K UHD Blu-rays? Russia was first.
Software for cracking Nintendo Switch games (DBI)? Russia was first.
The new flash-cart for the Switch, assuming it's legit? Russia.
The only hacker left who can crack Denuvo video games? Russian.
Actually, I would argue that a system that allows DRM cracking is far more functional than the one we have in the west.
To be fair, I disagree with my country's cracking laws as well. We should do better here, the right to one's data is an important freedom. I support the fight for saner copyright laws.
But let's also be real: There's no universe where that injustice somehow outweighs the entirety of human rights violations that go on inside Russia. Persecution of minorities, decriminalization of domestic violence, torture in prisons. Just to name a few.
Western copyright laws aren't good. But there are worse fates in life than not being able to watch old blu-rays.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/26...
The contractors don't want to share 0days, so the hack boundary handoffs between contractors seems apparent to me.
That would suggest US or Israeli sourcing, or maybe Saudis who are eager buyers of Israeli hacking products