<s>
RSOCKS	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
in	O
caps	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
Russian	O
internet	B-Application
proxy	I-Application
service	O
provider	O
that	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
Department	O
of	O
Justice	O
in	O
June	O
2022	O
for	O
using	O
stolen	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
from	O
hacked	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
mobile	O
and	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
devices	O
and	O
then	O
selling	O
them	O
to	O
unsuspecting	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RSOCKS	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
in	O
existence	O
,	O
RSOCKS	B-Application
offered	O
residential	O
,	O
mobile	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
center	O
proxies	O
on	O
shared	O
or	O
dedicated	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
16	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
US	O
Department	O
of	O
Justice	O
announced	O
the	O
take	O
down	O
of	O
RSOCKS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rsocks	B-Application
operation	O
was	O
the	O
largest	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
and	O
used	O
millions	O
of	O
hacked	O
devices	O
and	O
botnets	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
DoJ	O
,	O
anyone	O
could	O
buy	O
proxies	O
from	O
RSOCKS	B-Application
and	O
pay	O
for	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
pool	O
of	O
proxies	O
for	O
a	O
specified	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
with	O
prices	O
ranging	O
from	O
$30	O
per	O
day	O
for	O
access	O
to	O
2,000	O
proxies	O
to	O
$200	O
per	O
day	O
for	O
access	O
to	O
90,000	O
proxies	O
.	O
</s>
