INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Authorities in Europe have detained five people, including a former Russian professional basketball player, in connection with crime
syndicates responsible for ransomware attacks.Until recently, one of the suspects, Daniil Kasatkin, played for MBA Moscow, a basketball team
He has denied the charges.The AFP and Le Monde on Wednesday reported that Kasatkin was arrested and detained on June 21 in France at the
request of US authorities
The 26-year-old has been under extradition arrest since June 23, Wednesday's news report said.US prosecutors accuse Kasatkin of having
negotiated ransom payments with organizations that had been hacked by an unnamed ransomware syndicate responsible for 900 different breaches
A US arrest warrant said he is wanted for "conspiracy to commit computer fraud" and "computer fraud conspiracy."An attorney for Kasatkin
said his client is innocent of all charges."He bought a second-hand computer," the attorney told reporters
The attorney continued:He did absolutely nothing
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.US authorities are currently in the process of
