A 36-year-old Russian man, the likely owner of the massive RSOCKS botnet, was arrested in Bulgaria at the request of
He told the judge: "America is looking for me because I have information and they need it."
On June 22, KrebsOnSecurity published an article inwhich Denis (Kloster) Emelyantsev, was named as the apparent owner of RSOCKS, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as "proxy" devices. cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else's computer. Emelyantsev is a native of Omsk.
Bulgarian news publication 24Chasa.bg reports that Kloster was arrested in June at a co-working premises in the southwestern ski resort town of Bansko, and that the accused asked to be handed over to American authorities. "I have hired a lawyer there and want you to send me as quickly as possible to drop these unfounded charges,",– Kloster reportedly told a Bulgarian court this week. “I am not a criminal and I will prove it in an American court.” 24Chasa reports that the accused's last name is – Emelyantsev, and that he only recently adopted the surname Kloster, which is his mother's maiden name. He could soon be charged with a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.