I think the most telling thing is that the whole 'Kaspersky is evil' stuff started shortly after Kaspersky outed the "Equation Group" (which has always been imp

I think the most telling thing is that the whole 'Kaspersky is evil' stuff started shortly after Kaspersky outed the "Equation Group" (which has always been implied to be the NSA) and the US Cyber Command, along with dozens of bits of malware created by them. The amount of damage outing our malware caused is really difficult to imagine. It certainly destroyed the malware's usefulness, likely led to conflicts with the hardware manufacturers the "Equation Group" was targeting, may have led to political conflict with the groups being targeted (which included for instance foreign media and banks), and much more. The explanation could be as simple as something between revenge and trying to make an example of any company that would out our malware.