Russian basketball player arrested on suspicion of carrying out ransomware attacks
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- French police detained Daniil Kasatkin at the request of US authorities
- His lawyer says Kasatkin bought a used computer, and he is completely innocent
- Kasatkin was allegedly denied bail
A Russian professional basketball player has been arrested at an airport under suspicion of being a ransomware cybercriminal.
On June 21, 2025, French authorities arrested Daniil Kasatkin at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Kasatkin is a 26-year-old basketball professional, playing for MBA Moscow in Russian VTB United League.
He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2019, and was apparently arrested at the request of US authorities.
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Kasatkin’s lawyer, Frederic Belot, told French news agency AFP his client is basically PC-illiterate and that he could not have done any ransomware attacks:
“He bought a used computer ...
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