18 Facts About Kris Kaspersky

Kris Kaspersky was born on November 2,1976, in the village of Uspenskoye, Krasnodar Krai, and at birth was named Nikolay.

Kris Kaspersky graduated from high school with a silver medal.

Kris Kaspersky was a good student, and there were only excellent marks in his certificate according to Kris Kaspersky, to get a gold medal one needed to give bribes to local officials.

Kris Kaspersky entered Taganrog University of Radio Engineering with a specialization in "Design of microcontrollers" without entrance exam.

In those years Kris Kaspersky had IBM PC with 20 mb disk and color monitor.

Kris Kaspersky had to give the remaining money and the computer to racketeers and returned to the native village to his parents.

The first article written by Kris Kaspersky was published when he was still in school.

In 1998 Kris Kaspersky began to contribute actively to conferences of FidoNet RU.

Kris Kaspersky was a good writer and conversation partner, and what is most important, had no quirks and excessive self-importance.

Until recently Kris Kaspersky lived an isolated way of life in his native village.

Since 2008 Kris Kaspersky has been living and working in the United States.

Kris Kaspersky worked for Check Point as a security expert.

Kris Kaspersky's penname "myschh" was chosen owing to the novel "Dune" which is a great favorite of his.

Kris Kaspersky penname is not a derivative from any other word and it has no relevance to Eugene Kaspersky.

Kris Kaspersky named himself after Casper the friendly ghost from his favorite cartoon and Kris Kaspersky Kelmi, whose music, nevertheless, myschh never listened to.

Kris Kaspersky spoke with a southern accent, sometimes swallowed and distorted words, softened endings of the verbs.

Kris Kaspersky described his native village this way: "Dedicated ten megabits internet channel".

Kris Kaspersky was taken off life support and died from his wounds a week later on February 18,2017.