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Basketball player arrested for alleged ransomware ties freed in Russia-France prisoner swap
A Russian basketball player accused of being involved in a ransomware gang was freed in a prisoner exchange between Russia and France. Daniil Kasatkin, 26, was seen in a video shared by Russian state news outlet TASS...
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DataBreaches.net
Basketball player arrested for alleged ransomware ties freed in Russia-France prisoner swap
10 January 2026