• Russian police free kidnapped Kaspersky son

    The kidnapped son of Kaspersky Lab's founder has been freed and five suspects are in custody in connection with the abduction, according to a Russian media report today.

    Russian law enforcement officials freed Ivan Kaspersky, the 20-year-old son of Chief Executive Eugene Kaspersky, through a special operation with company security forces, according to the Interfax news agency.

    "He has been freed without ransom," a spokeswoman for the Moscow-based antivirus company told the news agency.
    The younger Kaspersky, a fourth-year student of mathematics and cybernetics at Moscow State University, was kidnapped Tuesday morning on his way to work at InfoWatch, a company owned by his mother, Natalya Kaspersky, according to the English version of Pravda.ru. Someone claiming to be his abductor later reportedly phoned the father and demanded $4.3 million.

    No further information about the suspects was available, and Kaspersky representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    Source: CNET

    Comments 7 Comments
    1. megabyteme's Avatar
      megabyteme -
      It's good they got him back. Have they checked him for viruses yet?
    1. Tarom's Avatar
      Tarom -
      Too soon
    1. DanceCreation's Avatar
      DanceCreation -
      Quote Originally Posted by megabyteme View Post
      It's good they got him back. Have they checked him for viruses yet?
      lol .. i think they just put into his some Trojans and gave him back to destroy his mother / father companies .
    1. megabyteme's Avatar
      megabyteme -
      Quote Originally Posted by DanceCreation View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by megabyteme View Post
      It's good they got him back. Have they checked him for viruses yet?
      lol .. i think they just put into his some Trojans and gave him back to destroy his mother / father companies .
      His poor backdoor... he's really been through a lot.
    1. proforma's Avatar
      proforma -
      Quote Originally Posted by megabyteme View Post
      His poor backdoor... he's really been through a lot.
      much...much too soon
    1. godofhell's Avatar
      godofhell -
      fuck them!!!

      85% of the viruses come from Russia. I wouldn't be surprised if they first put out the virus and then try to charge you for the software that removes it.
    1. megabyteme's Avatar
      megabyteme -
      Quote Originally Posted by proforma View Post
      Quote Originally Posted by megabyteme View Post
      His poor backdoor... he's really been through a lot.
      much...much too soon
      But...I haven't even mentioned the possibility they gave him worms.