A Russian-based cybercrime organisation that ... The target of the investigation, a botnet known as RSOCKS, has been dismantled as a result, the office said.

the newly disclosed attack — attributed to the Russian intelligence agency GRU — used the routers together to form an assembly of malware-infected devices, known as a botnet. Small businesses ...

Recent attacks against a number of Italian websites have been linked to pro-Russian hackers ... been a significant contributor to the DDoSia botnet according to a recent paper.