cyber chronicle, 09.10.2024, 11:30 AM
Ukrainian citizen Mark Sokolovsky (28) pleaded guilty in US federal court on Monday to spreading the Raccoon Infostealer malware. He agreed to pay at least $910,844 in restitution, according to the plea agreement.
Sokolovski was previously accused of being one of the “key administrators” of malware that, when it infects computers, steals users’ personal information, including email addresses, bank account details and cryptocurrency information.
Raccoon Infostealer was sold as a MaaS (malware-as-a-service) for about $200 per month, with customers paying in cryptocurrency. Data stolen using this malware was used for further thefts and sold to others on cybercrime forums.
In March 2022, the FBI, in cooperation with competent agencies in Italy and the Netherlands, dismantled the digital infrastructure of the Raccoon Infostealer malware.
However, last April, cybercriminals announced the return of malware, and new features that make its use easier and more convenient, while at the same time making it harder to detect malware on infected systems.
Sokolovski was arrested in the Netherlands and extradited to the US in February 2024. After his arrest, the FBI obtained data stolen from numerous computers infected with the Raccoon malware. Police found more than 50 million unique passwords, email addresses, bank accounts, cryptocurrency wallet addresses, and credit card numbers among the data Raccoon Infostealer stole from millions of victims worldwide.
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Source: www.informacija.rs
