The RSOCKS botnet stole victim IP address and sold them to other hackers, according to the FBI
A Russian-based cybercrime organization 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 U.S., Europe and United Kingdom, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego said Thursday.
Authorities did not announce any arrests nor name individual suspects tied to the operation. However, details of the investigation, which began in 2016, are laid out in a search warrant affidavit that was unsealed in San Diego federal court Thursday. The true scope of the criminal activity that the botnet unleashed on the world through access to its trove of swiped IP addresses is unknown. Authorities on Thursday did not provide any specific cases of cyber crime tied to RSOCKS.
Three victims cooperated with the FBI by allowing agents to replace their compromised devices with law enforcement-controlled computers that could track the botnet. RSOCKS quickly infected all three, investigators said.
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