The Los Angeles Post

DOJ seizes hacking network

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has dismantled a Russian network of hacked internet-connected devices in a coordinated effort with foreign counterparts to crack down on malicious cyber activities.

 

The DOJ said Thursday it worked with law enforcement agencies in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to take down the Russian botnet, known as RSOCKS.

  • The network reportedly hacked millions of computers and other electronic devices around the world.
  • RSOCKs, a popular proxy service, illegally provided its users access to IP addresses linked to devices that had been hacked, authorities said.

A message posted on the service’s website and viewed Friday confirmed that its domain had been seized by the DOJ.