The Stuxnet association seems completely basis, and you do not provide any evidence for the assertion. There were multiple firms and individuals responsible for

The Stuxnet association seems completely basis, and you do not provide any evidence for the assertion. There were multiple firms and individuals responsible for the discovery, reverse engineering, and attribution of Stuxnet, so you are overplaying their involvement. This decision was certainly made by a bureaucrat who may not even know about Stuxnet. It’s simple risk mitigation. Why even take the chance Kaspersky is a malicious entity? It’s not important software. Some of the conspiracy theories people throw out around here…