Is there actually any proof that this is the case? or this is just an assumption because it is a Russian company? and wouldn't this logic apply to every company in the world no matter what the country is?

I'm not trying to start a nationalistic war or a debate about war, etc. I'm trying to ask what I think valid question.

> russian company

There's your answer: coming from an eastern European, I probably know a thing or two how things work in the communist world. We saw what yandex was on the inside about a year and a half ago - it'd be brutally naive, even to a westerner, to think that a cyber-"security" company is any different or rather worse. You can read the bios of all the people in high positions in kaspersky - those are not ordinary entrepreneurs but state-funded individuals that should stay far away from windows if they decide to disobey a single order, whether it's spying or donating their children's kidneys. But if you wanna dive into it, yes, plenty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_and_the_Russian_gove...

The wikipedia article you linked is a nothing burger.

> In October 2017, subsequent reports alleged that hackers working for the Russian government stole confidential data from the home computer of a National Security Agency (NSA) contractor in 2015 via Kaspersky antivirus software. Kaspersky denied the allegations, stating that the software had detected Equation Group malware samples which it uploaded to its servers for analysis in its normal course of operation.

lol

You do realize you are on a forum where the vast majority of commenters vehemently detest the Western Big Data Industrial Complex(tm) and Snowden is heralded as a prophet for calling it out, right?

yes, I know this place is full of morons

It's full of European, Silicon Valley, and NYC wannabe elites who think they are superior to the rest of society. So yes, full of morons.