A Cyberattack Made Possible by Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.

During the past months, several weeks after Russia began dropping bombs on Ukraine in late February, a talented young computer programmer named Mark Sokolovsky and his girlfriend have been climbing into a Porsche Cayenne to set out on a road trip. The purpose of this was to get away from the fighting as much as possible. 

During their trip, the pair passed through Poland and Germany before stopping in the Netherlands. They thought it was their last stop, believing it was their last stop from the sky. 

The people in charge of immigration back in the United States had no idea that FBI investigators were monitoring them at all times. They were constantly monitoring their counterparts in Europe as well.

Late last year, somebody named Sokolovsky, 26 was brought into federal court in the state of Texas as a defendant in a sealed criminal indictment. There are allegations in the indictment that allege that he was the primary innovator and/or director of a type of malware known as Raccoon Infostealer. Millions of computers have been infected with malicious software around the world. This allows hackers to steal login credentials to financial institutions and money from an uncountable number of victims.

Sokolovsky entered the Netherlands a few days late

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