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French cops cuff Russian pro basketball player on ransomware charges

ID: 19816321-225f-53f7-b394-c92840c44c70

STIX ID: report--19816321-225f-53f7-b394-c92840c44c70

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2025-07-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Iain Thomson

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A Russian professional basketball player, Daniil Kasatkin, was arrested in France and is being held pending extradition to the US on allegations he acted as a negotiator for a ransomware gang that allegedly struck roughly 900 organizations (including two US federal agencies) between 2020–2022; the report cites lawyers disputing the charges and notes US authorities have not released evidence.

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