News report

# Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty

KrebsOnSecurity, January 24, 2023. The RSOCKS later outcome: Denis Emelyantsev, 36, a Russian national, pleaded guilty on Monday 23 January 2023 to two counts — damage to protected computers and conspiracy to damage protected computers — in a California federal court, facing a maximum of 20 years and with sentencing scheduled for 27 April 2023..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** January 24, 2023

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 2

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** KrebsOnSecurity

**Published:** January 24, 2023

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/administrator-of-rsocks-proxy-botnet-pleads-guilty/](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/01/administrator-of-rsocks-proxy-botnet-pleads-guilty/)

**What it supports:** The RSOCKS later outcome: Denis Emelyantsev, 36, a Russian national, pleaded guilty on Monday 23 January 2023 to two counts — damage to protected computers and conspiracy to damage protected computers — in a California federal court, facing a maximum of 20 years and with sentencing scheduled for 27 April 2023.

**Dataset id:** src\_krebsonsecurity\_rsocks\_guilty\_plea\_2023

## Research notes

- Byline: Brian Krebs.
- The plea date is 'Monday' relative to the 24 January 2023 publication date, i.e. 23 January 2023; the article itself does not print the plea date.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[RSOCKS proxy botnet disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rsocks-proxy-botnet-disruption)

Criminal hosting and proxies, June 2022

Supporting source

### Legal actions against people

1 citation

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Denis Aleksandrovich Emelyantsev](https://takedownindex.org/people/denis-aleksandrovich-emelyantsev)

Pleaded guilty, RSOCKS proxy botnet disruption

Later outcome

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