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Message   VRSS    All   Russian Basketball Player Arrested For Alleged Role In Ransomwar   July 11, 2025
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Title: Russian Basketball Player Arrested For Alleged Role In Ransomware
Attacks

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/22542...

joshuark writes: A Russian basketball player, Daniil Kasatkin, was arrested
on June 21 in France at the request of the United States as he allegedly is
part of a network of hackers. Daniil Kasatkin, aged 26, is accused by the
United States of negotiating the payment of ransoms to this hacker network,
which he denies. He has been studied in the United States, and is the subject
of a U.S. arrest warrant for "conspiracy to commit computer fraud" and
"computer fraud conspiracy." His lawyer alleges that Kasatkin is not guilty
of these crimes and that they are instead linked to a second-hand computer
that he purchased. "He bought a second-hand computer. He did absolutely
nothing. He's stunned," his lawyer, Freric Belot, told the media. "He's
useless with computers and can't even install an application. He didn't touch
anything on the computer: it was either hacked, or the hacker sold it to him
to act under the cover of another person." The report notes that Kasatkin
briefly played NCAA basketball at Penn State before returning to Russia in
2019. He also appeared in 172 games with MBA-MAI before he left the team.

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