A 35-year-old suspected Russian hacker, recognized in Russian media as Denis Obrezko, proper, again to digicam, with cyber police after he was arrested in Phuket, Thailand on Nov. 6. 2025. (Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau through AP)
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BANGKOK — Police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker on the Thai resort island of Phuket who was wished by the FBI on allegations he was behind cyberattacks on U.S. and European authorities businesses, officers stated.
The 35-year-old, who entered Thailand on Oct. 30 at Phuket Airport, was taken into custody earlier this month at his lodge and is now being held pending attainable extradition, Thai police stated.
The suspect’s title was not launched however Russian state-run information company Russia Immediately recognized him as Denis Obrezko, a local of Stavropol. It reported that his kinfolk confirmed the Nov. 6 arrest and had been planning to battle his extradition to america.
In an e-mail Thursday, the U.S. Division of Justice refused to touch upon the attainable extradition or give different particulars. The U.S. State Division and American officers in Thailand additionally refused to remark.
The Russian Overseas Ministry and the Russian embassy in Thailand additionally didn’t reply to requests for remark, however Russia’s consul normal in Phuket, Yegor Ivanov, informed Russian state information company Tass that the consulate had “received notification of the arrest of a Russian citizen on charges of committing an information technology crime.”
“He was arrested on November 6 and transferred to Bangkok that same day,” Ivanov stated, with out offering additional particulars.
Ilya Ilyin, head of the consular part of the Russian embassy in Thailand, informed Tass on Monday that Russian diplomats had visited the suspect in jail in Bangkok.
“Embassy staff conducted a consular visit to the Russian citizen detained at the request of the United States,” Ilyin stated, including that the embassy was arranging for him to have the ability to meet together with his kinfolk.
Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau stated in a Nov. 12 assertion that it was an FBI tip that the “world-class hacker” was touring to Thailand that led to his arrest in Phuket on a world warrant.
Within the raid on his lodge, police seized laptop computer computer systems, cellphones, and digital wallets, the police’s assertion stated, including that FBI officers had been available for the arrest.
A number of media retailers reported that Aleksey Lukashev, a distinct 35-year-old Russian hacking suspect wished by the FBI who has ties to Russian army intelligence, had been arrested in Phuket the next day.
Thai police stated, nevertheless, there had solely been one arrest and the U.S. Division of Justice informed the AP that Lukashev “remains a wanted fugitive.”
The formal request for the Obrezko’s extradition has been made nevertheless it was not clear how lengthy the method would take.
