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Yes, if they’re unwilling to show a small detail like this due to sanctions that the Russian government supposedly would rain on them in retribution, one wonders what else they’re unwilling to disclose from their other investigations for the same reason.

"securelist by Kaspersky", they are Russian.

Wow. Given that Kaspersky leaders are very non-neutral, it makes these comments even fishier, because they look like a clumsy attempt to implicate Ukrainians in an attack.

(Clumsy because, firstly, source code comments is a very strange place to write “Glory to Ukraine”, and secondly, because the whole section is written in Russian, except for the word “thanks”)

A year or so ago I would say this is way too petty to the point of incompetence for them to do this.

Knowing how the country actually functions since the invasion, I wouldn't rule this out at all.

> SecureList by Kaspersky

I'm more amused what it was in the malware code at all. Reminds me something..