Western District of Texas Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Raccoon Infostealer Cybercrime United States Department of Justice
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ppAUSTIN Texas A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty in federal court in Austin today to one count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusionppAccording to court documents Mark Sokolovsky 28 conspired to operate the Raccoon Infostealer as a malwareasaservice or MaaS Individuals who deployed Raccoon Infostealer to steal data from victims leased access to the malware for approximately 200 per month paid for by cryptocurrency These individuals used various ruses such as email phishing to install the malware onto the computers of unsuspecting victims Raccoon Infostealer then stole personal data from victim computers including login credentials financial information and other personal records Stolen information was used to commit financial crimes or was sold to others on cybercrime forumsppIn March 2022 concurrent with Sokolovskys arrest by Dutch authorities the FBI and law enforcement partners in Italy and the Netherlands dismantled the digital infrastructure supporting the Raccoon Infostealer taking its then existing version offline Sokolovsky was extradited to the United States from the Netherlands in February 2024 after being indicted for crimes related to fraud money laundering and aggravated identity theft As part of the plea he agreed to a forfeiture money judgment of 23975 and restitution of at least 91084461ppUS Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas made the announcement of the defendants pleappThe FBIs Austin Cyber Task Force is investigating the case with the assistance of the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division Army CID the Austin Police Department the Naval Criminal Investigative Service NCIS the Round Rock Police Department and the Texas Department of Public SafetyppAssistant US Attorney G Karthik Srinivasan is prosecuting the caseppVictims of the Raccoon Infostealer can find more information at wwwjusticegovusaowdtxvictimassistanceraccooninfostealerppppUSATXWMediaInquiryusdojgovppNext time you two come to my house unannounced Im going to shoot you on sight JACOB BALABUSZKO told FBI agentsppRobert Purbeck who hacked into the computer servers of the City of Newnan a Griffin Georgia medical clinic and 17 other victims across the United States and stole personal informationppWestern District of Texas
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ppAUSTIN Texas A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty in federal court in Austin today to one count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusionppAccording to court documents Mark Sokolovsky 28 conspired to operate the Raccoon Infostealer as a malwareasaservice or MaaS Individuals who deployed Raccoon Infostealer to steal data from victims leased access to the malware for approximately 200 per month paid for by cryptocurrency These individuals used various ruses such as email phishing to install the malware onto the computers of unsuspecting victims Raccoon Infostealer then stole personal data from victim computers including login credentials financial information and other personal records Stolen information was used to commit financial crimes or was sold to others on cybercrime forumsppIn March 2022 concurrent with Sokolovskys arrest by Dutch authorities the FBI and law enforcement partners in Italy and the Netherlands dismantled the digital infrastructure supporting the Raccoon Infostealer taking its then existing version offline Sokolovsky was extradited to the United States from the Netherlands in February 2024 after being indicted for crimes related to fraud money laundering and aggravated identity theft As part of the plea he agreed to a forfeiture money judgment of 23975 and restitution of at least 91084461ppUS Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas made the announcement of the defendants pleappThe FBIs Austin Cyber Task Force is investigating the case with the assistance of the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division Army CID the Austin Police Department the Naval Criminal Investigative Service NCIS the Round Rock Police Department and the Texas Department of Public SafetyppAssistant US Attorney G Karthik Srinivasan is prosecuting the caseppVictims of the Raccoon Infostealer can find more information at wwwjusticegovusaowdtxvictimassistanceraccooninfostealerppppUSATXWMediaInquiryusdojgovppNext time you two come to my house unannounced Im going to shoot you on sight JACOB BALABUSZKO told FBI agentsppRobert Purbeck who hacked into the computer servers of the City of Newnan a Griffin Georgia medical clinic and 17 other victims across the United States and stole personal informationppWestern District of Texas
Main Office
601 NW Loop 410 Suite 600
San Antonio Texas 78216ppSan Antonio Main 210 3847100
Alpine 432 8377332
Austin 512 9165858
Del Rio 830 7032025
El Paso 915 5346884
Midland 432 6864110
Waco 254 7501580ppppHave a question about Government Servicesp
