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# Organizations and roles

June 2022, Criminal hosting and proxies
[RSOCKS proxy botnet disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rsocks-proxy-botnet-disruption)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 2 organizations on this action. Operational lead: FBI. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation), United States | Operational lead | Conducted undercover purchases and led the disruption. |
| | [United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/united-states-attorney-s-office-for-the-southern-district-of-california), United States | Prosecuting | Pursued the federal case. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

Federal search-warrant process (S.D. Cal.), publicly unsealed.

### Oversight

The record assigns prosecuting or judicial roles to USAO-SDCA.

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026