INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian prosecutor on Friday requested an 18-year prison sentence for Ilya Sachkov, founder of one of the country's top cybersecurity
firms, on treason charges.Sachkov, 37, co-founded the Group-IB cybersecurity firm in 2003
It specializes in the detection and prevention of cyberattacks and works with Interpol and several other global institutions."State
prosecutors requested that Sachkov be sentenced to 18 years in prison," his lawyer Sergei Afanasyev was quoted as saying by Russian news
President Joe Biden raised concerns with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow is allowing cybercrime directed at Western countries
were "confident in their manager's innocence and honest business reputation."Sachkov co-founded Group-IB when he was just 17 and he was
featured on the Forbes "30 under 30" list of tech entrepreneurs in 2016.Three years later he received an "innovative breakthrough" award
from Putin "for developments in the field of identifying and preventing cyberthreats," according to the Kremlin.
