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Prosecutor release

Russian and Moldovan National Pleads Guilty to Operating Illegal Botnet Proxy Service that Infected Tens of Thousands of Internet-Connected Devices Around the World

U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Puerto Rico, November 14, 2023. Establishes the IPStorm dismantlement and Makinin's guilty plea..

Source type
Prosecutor release
Published
November 14, 2023
Research grade
P1
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6

Bibliographic record

Publisher
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Puerto Rico
Published
November 14, 2023
Source type
Prosecutor release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/russian-and-moldovan-national-pleads-guilty-operating-illegal-botnet-proxy-service
What it supports
Establishes the IPStorm dismantlement and Makinin's guilty plea.
Dataset id
src_doj_ipstorm_2023

How this source is used

Cited 6 times across 3 record types.

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1 citation

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4 citations

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Legal actions against people

1 citation

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  • Sergei Makinin

    Pleaded guilty, IPStorm botnet dismantlement

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