so, the whole article is bunk because it is based on anonymous sources and did not get responses from all parties involved, but then because the headline has the word "Russia" in it, that's firm evidence of secret US government collusion with a major news outlet.

No, it's a bunk because it provides zero evidence but plenty of innuendos and unfounded allegations/accusations, and yes it's infinity more plausible a secret plan between the us gov and a us based media corporation than a reputable antivirus vendor like Kaspersky sabotaging its rivals.