Russian hacking suspect wanted by the FBI arrested on Thai resort island

Police person arrested a suspected Russian hacker successful Thailand who is wanted by the FBI for alleged cyberattacks connected U.S. and European authorities agencies

BANGKOK -- Police person arrested a suspected Russian hacker connected the Thai edifice land of Phuket who was wanted by the FBI connected allegations helium was down cyberattacks connected U.S. and European authorities agencies, officials said.

The 35-year-old, who entered Thailand connected Oct. 30 astatine Phuket Airport, was taken into custody earlier this period astatine his edifice and is present being held pending imaginable extradition, Thai constabulary said.

The suspect's sanction was not released but Russian state-run quality bureau Russia Today identified him arsenic Denis Obrezko, a autochthonal of Stavropol. It reported that his relatives confirmed the Nov. 6 apprehension and were readying to combat his extradition to the United States.

In an email Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice refused to remark connected the imaginable extradition oregon springiness different details. The U.S. State Department and American officials successful Thailand besides refused to comment.

The Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian embassy successful Thailand besides did not respond to requests for comment, but Russia's consul wide successful Phuket, Yegor Ivanov, told Russian authorities quality bureau Tass that the consulate had “received notification of the apprehension of a Russian national connected charges of committing an accusation exertion crime.”

“He was arrested connected November 6 and transferred to Bangkok that aforesaid day,” Ivanov said, without providing further details.

Ilya Ilyin, caput of the consular conception of the Russian embassy successful Thailand, told Tass connected Monday that Russian diplomats had visited the fishy successful situation successful Bangkok.

“Embassy unit conducted a consular sojourn to the Russian national detained astatine the petition of the United States,” Ilyin said, adding that the embassy was arranging for him to beryllium capable to conscionable with his relatives.

Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said successful a Nov. 12 connection that it was an FBI extremity that the “world-class hacker” was traveling to Thailand that led to his apprehension successful Phuket connected an planetary warrant.

In the raid connected his hotel, constabulary seized laptop computers, mobile phones, and integer wallets, the police's connection said, adding that FBI officials were connected manus for the arrest.

Several media outlets reported a 2nd Russian hacking fishy wanted by the FBI, who has ties to Russian subject intelligence, had been arrested successful Phuket the pursuing day, but Thai constabulary said determination had lone been 1 arrest.

The ceremonial petition for the suspect's extradition has been made but it was not wide however agelong the process would take.

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