My first thought was "what do they know about Kaspersky that makes them suddenly want to burn it to the ground?" This article talks about some possible reasons

My first thought was "what do they know about Kaspersky that makes them suddenly want to burn it to the ground?" This article talks about some possible reasons: https://www.wired.com/story/us-kaspersky-ban-evidence/ https://www.wired.com/story/us-kaspersky-ban-evidence/ > Stories in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have since cited anonymous sources accusing Kaspersky of siphoning American secrets, including the files of an NSA staffer, to its own servers, where the Russian government then accessed them. To be clear, the article doesn't consider this a smoking gun, and instead is demanding a more concrete statement of the government's reasons. But, personally, I'm completely fine with erring on the side of not trusting a security company operating in Russia with access to my computer. Let's say Kaspersky has the most honest and best intentions in the world, and would never voluntarily cooperate with Putin's government to spy on or harm foreign computers. Does anyone think their protests would matter at all, if push came to shove? This is like the TikTok argument, but with a more obvious attack vector if the software came under direct control of a hostile government.