The U.S. Department of Justice partnered with law enforcement in Germany, the Netherlands and United Kingdom to dismantle the infrastructure of a Russian botnet.

The botnet, known as RSOCKS, is reported to have hacked millions of electronic devices around the world, according to a June 16 news release. A botnet is described as a group of hacked internet-conencted devices controlled without the owner's knowledge and generally used for malicious purposes.

“The RSOCKS botnet compromised millions of devices throughout the world, U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman said in the release. "Cybercriminals will not escape justice regardless of where they operate. Working with public and private partners around the globe, we will relentlessly pursue them while using all the tools at our disposal to disrupt their threats and prosecute those responsible."

“This operation disrupted a highly sophisticated Russia-based cybercrime organization that conducted cyber intrusions in the United States and abroad," FBI Special Agent in Charge Stacey Moy said in the release. "Our fight against cybercriminal platforms is a critical component in ensuring cybersecurity and safety in the United States. The actions we are announcing today are a testament to the FBI’s ongoing commitment to pursuing foreign threat actors in collaboration with our international and private sector partners.”