Russian software has conquered the world. The Czech Republic has hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes from it
Prague is home to a love brand of programmers from all over the world. The Americans suspected JetBrains of cyber attacks for a while, but the owners want to make it a symbol. When Google announced at its 2019 developer conference in California that Kotlin was becoming the preferred programming language for Android app development instead of the legendary Java, the average person didn’t even notice the information. In St. Petersburg, however, they popped the champagne. This is where JetBrains, the company that created Kotlin, originated (pictured here in its St. Petersburg building).
Source https://ekonom.cz/rusky-software-dobyl-svet-cesko-z-nej-ma-stamilionove-castky-na-danich
Russian hackers exploit a weakness in Czech software. They have been attacking servers since September, US authorities have found
Hackers working for Russian intelligence “globally” are exploiting a weakness in the software of Czech firm Jet Brains to attack servers, US authorities said in a joint statement. According to the announcement by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Cyber Security Agency (CISA), these efforts have been ongoing since September.
Source irozhlas.cz/hackeri-jetbrains-rusko