I'm not buying this..
.. mainly because Kaspersky has been the most straight player of them all with its steadfast refusal to whitelist government spyware (over the last 2 decades or so).
If it is true at all it would be a local effort - Eugene Kaspersky himself would not stand for these tactics. There is, however, another explanation: this could also be a tactic of the less straight players to get their own warez back in play, with whitelisting and all.
The problem is, of course, that we don't know either way, but the story doesn't fit the way Kaspersky is directed. It's too out of character, and it's not like Kaspersky needs to resort to these tactics to turn a profit.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
