Software Piracy and Cybersecurity in Russia: Dangers, Causes, and Solutions

... pirated software, why would so many Russian people continue to download and use pirated software, especially in the wake of WannaCry? The answer is complex and multifaceted, with origins in the days of the Soviet Union. Starting in the late-1960s, the ... ... decades after the Russian Federation joined the Berne Convention, piracy rates remain abnormally high and have become a major cybersecurity challenge for the country. While piracy was originally engaged in by the government as the most expedient way of ...