There's apparently an entire wiki on the subject and again it's mostly speculation, misunderstanding (ie, in the NSA case), or as you said misrepresenting what

There's apparently an entire wiki on the subject and again it's mostly speculation, misunderstanding (ie, in the NSA case), or as you said misrepresenting what was essentially a pretty innocuous defensive gov contract by an infosec company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations_of_Russian_government_ties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations... It makes sense for western governments to be wary of using it but going beyond that is just speculation at this point.