Rove Digital

{{short description|Former Estonia information technology company}}

Rove Digital was an Estonian IT company which gained fame as a producer of copious amounts of spam, and as a major distributor of trojans.{{cite web |url=http://blog.trendmicro.com/investigations-on-a-cybercrime-hub-in-estonia/ |title=Investigations on a Cybercrime Hub in Estonia |publisher=Blog.trendmicro.com |date=2009-08-26 |accessdate=2012-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215094716/http://blog.trendmicro.com/investigations-on-a-cybercrime-hub-in-estonia/ }}

Rove Digital is named #2 of "Top 10 Worst Spammers".{{cite web|url=http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/spammers.lasso |title=Top 10 Worst Spammers |publisher=Spamhaus.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-09}}{{failed verification|date=July 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/listing.lasso?file=1128 |title=Rove Digital |publisher=Spamhaus.org |date=2011-11-09 |accessdate=2012-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110063536/http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/listing.lasso?file=1128 }}{{failed verification|date=July 2012}} In a PC & Tech Authority article, Rove Digital's CEO, Vladimir Tšaštšin, was ranked at 10 on a list of the Top 10 worst chief executives, for his work at EstDomains.{{cite web|url=http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/129204,top-10-worst-chief-executives.aspx |title=Top 10 worst chief executives |publisher=Pcauthority.com.au |date=2008-11-24 |accessdate=2012-07-09}}

On 15 February 2012, the court of Harju County, in Estonia, refused to block the extradition to the United States of four Estonian nationals charged in connection with "Operation Ghost Click": Timur Gerassimov, Dmitri Jegorov, Vladimir Tšaštšin, and Konstantin Poltev. The same court had previously refused to block the extradition of the two other Estonians charged in the case, Anton Ivanov and Valeri Aleksejev. Those defendants appealed the court's ruling on the basis that the U.S. lacked jurisdiction, because the crimes were committed in Estonia.{{cite web|author=BNS |url=http://www.postimees.ee/743778/kohus-lubas-kuberkuritegevuses-kahtlustatavad-usa-le-loovutada/ |title=Kohus lubas küberkuritegevuses kahtlustatavad USA-le loovutada |publisher=Postimees.ee |date=2012-02-17 |accessdate=2012-07-09|language=Estonian}} Prosecutors countered that the crimes were committed against American businesses and institutions, citing as an example US$60,000 in costs incurred by NASA.{{Citation needed|date=September 2014|reason=Huh? Three-legged towers are common. What is this supposed to mean?}}

Gerassimov, Jegorov and Poltev were sentenced to jail for 40 and 44 months by US court{{cite web|author=techworm |url=http://www.techworm.net/2015/07/3-estonians-who-infected-4-million-computers-including-nasa-pcs-with-malware-jailed.html|title=3 members of the gang of 7 who infected 4 million computers worldwide with malware sentenced by a US Court}}