Kaspersky Antivirus Son Kidnapped, Held for Ransomby Brandon Dimmel on 20110422 @ 11:16AM ESTAccording to news agencies, Kaspersky Antivirus founder Eugene Kaspersky’s son has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom in Russia. Unconfirmed reports, including a bulletin from BBC News, state that 20-year-old Ivan Kaspersky was nabbed while on his way to work.
Eugene Kaspersky is the founder of Moscow-based security company Kaspersky Labs, a world leader in software designed to protect PCs from viruses and malware. The firm says its products are currently being used by more than 300 million people around the world, making it the third-largest security software company in the world.
Annual revenues for the firm grew 42 per cent over the last year, projecting Kaspersky Labs to a fifth-place ranking in terms of software revenues from sales of enterprise security software. (Source: pcworld.com)
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