Russian botnet infected millions of devices worldwide


With their digital footprints now disguised, these criminals then committed a range of cyber attacks — from large-scale attempts to gain access into accounts using stolen usernames and passwords to sending malicious emails to hacking social media accounts, according to investigators. — Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash

A Russian-based cybercrime organisation that hacked into millions of electronic devices around the world and sold their Internet identities for other criminals to use has been disrupted in a joint law enforcement operation that spanned the US, Europe and United Kingdom, the US Attorney's Office in San Diego said Thursday.

The target of the investigation, a botnet known as RSOCKS, has been dismantled as a result, the office said.

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