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The son of Yevgeny Kaspersky was kidnapped in Moscow on April 19, 2011 while on his way to work at the company InfoWatch, owned by Kaspersky's ex-wife Natalya. Secret service and regular police searched for 20-year-old Ivan Kaspersky but could not locate him. On April 22, 2011 he was released by his abductors, according to the Russian website Life News.
As soon as Yevgeny learned that his son was in the hands of kidnappers, he immediately flew from London to Moscow. The Russian father reportedly has multiple well-connected friends since he finished high school with many who worked for the KGB. The kidnappers apparently demanded €3 million ($4.36 million) for Ivan's safe return. Yevgeny's personal fortune is estimated at $800 million, and while it's not clear how much of the ransom he paid, he supposedly gave in and some sum of money exchanged for Ivan.
Yevgeny co-founded the Kaspersky Lab, a privately held international company that produces antivirus and other computer security products, in 1997. Excluding the energy sector, Kaspersky Lab is considered one of Russia's few international business success stories. The company makes excellent security software and I have personally recommended some of its products a few times. Kaspersky Lab was told, likely by Yevgeny himself, not to comment on the story of the abduction.
This is a sad story that thankfully concluded with a happy ending. Whether the kidnappers were paid or not, we here at TechSpot are happy that Ivan has been returned safely to his family.
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As a safety measure, they should scan him for trojans and then quarantine him
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LOL, good one
I'm glad, this story ended happly, unlike most kidnappings
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Lurker101 said:
As a safety measure, they should scan him for trojans and then quarantine him
You, good sir, just won.
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rofl'd @ Lurker101
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Lurker101 said:
As a safety measure, they should scan him for trojans and then quarantine him
He'll just come up as a false positive.
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No in mother Russia jokes? Pretty bad that if you do finally succeed people try to extort you.
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Guest said:
No in mother russia jokes?
No, we have standards here. Granted, they're not exactly high, but they do exist.
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His dad looks a bit like Jeff Bridges.
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His dad looks a bit like Jeff Bridges.I smell a movie in this somewhere.
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What a boring-*** movie that would be.
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AnonymousSurfer said:
Lurker101 said:As a safety measure, they should scan him for trojans and then quarantine him
Haha beautiful...
On topic now, is it just me or does this "20 year old kid" look like he's 15?
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yeah for sure, i saw that he's 20 but looks 15, only reason why I decided to post on this article.
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gwailo247 said:
His dad looks a bit like Jeff Bridges.
I was thinking he looked more like Beau Bridges than Jeff.
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Why would the movie be boring? Rade Serbedzija would play the evil mastermind. Olga Kurylenko the hot female hostage negotiator, and Karl Urban as the FSB agent who may or may not have had a hand in the kidnapping. Climax is a fistfight in a helicopter above the Kremlin, and the villain gets impaled on the star on top of the Spasskaya Tower.
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lchu12 said:
gwailo247 said:Why would the movie be boring? Rade Serbedzija would play the evil mastermind. Olga Kurylenko the hot female hostage negotiator, and Karl Urban as the FSB agent who may or may not have had a hand in the kidnapping. Climax is a fistfight in a helicopter above the Kremlin, and the villain gets impaled on the star on top of the Spasskaya Tower.
Great, thanks for spoiling the movie for me. lolz
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Lokalaskurar said:
gwailo247 said:Rade Serbedzija would play the evil mastermind. Olga Kurylenko the hot female hostage negotiator, and Karl Urban as the FSB agent who may or may not have had a hand in the kidnapping. Climax is a fistfight in a helicopter above the Kremlin, and the villain gets impaled on the star on top of the Spasskaya Tower.
You should totally use that talent of yours, It would at the very least be a neat Bollywood movie! Not sure were to stick the dancing-scene though...
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he probably didn't have his ant kidnap-ware updated in a timely fashion
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Olga Kurylenko, Topless Dancer-slash- Hostage Negotiator.....
You should totally use that talent of yours, It would at the very least be a neat Bollywood movie! Not sure were to stick the dancing-scene though...Oh, that's easy, in a "gentlemen's" club controlled by the Russian Mob. (Who were, after all, responsible for the kidnapping in the first place).Why would the movie be boring? Rade Serbedzija would play the evil mastermind. Olga Kurylenko the hot female hostage negotiator, and Karl Urban as the FSB agent who may or may not have had a hand in the kidnapping. Climax is a fistfight in a helicopter above the Kremlin, and the villain gets impaled on the star on top of the Spasskaya Tower.I never knew the Kremlin had a "Spasstic" tower..... (Yes, I know I've embarrassed myself with a pun that bad. But still, I feel it needed to be said).
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Quote: Originally Posted by gwailo247
His dad looks a bit like Jeff Bridges.Captaincranky:
I smell a movie in this somewhere.'The Big Kaspersky' ?
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"The Kapersky Kaper"......... No?
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"The Kapersky Kaper"......... No?
how about...
'The unbearable lightness of Anti-Virus'?
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how about...When did this become an LSD movie starring "Madonna"?
'The unbearable lightness of Anti-Virus'?
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When did this become an LSD movie starring "Madonna"?
No, no,
I was referring to this:
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....oh wait...I just got it! :p
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Quote: Originally Posted by gwailo247
Captaincranky:
'The Big Kaspersky' ?
I told that russki a thousand times that I don't roll on Shabbos!
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Lokalaskurar said:
It would at the very least be a neat Bollywood movie! Not sure were to stick the dancing-scene though...
40,000 people dancing to Thriller in Red Square being led by Zombie Lenin?
(Vladimir Illyich, lest there be some confusion)
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