Security News > 2022 > March > Racoon Stealer malware suspends operations due to war in Ukraine
The cybercrime group behind the development of the Racoon Stealer password-stealing malware has suspended its operation after claiming that one of its developers died in the invasion of Ukraine.
Racoon Stealer is an information-stealing trojan distributed under the MaaS model for $75/week or $200/month.
As first spotted by security researcher 3xp0rt, the threat actors behind the Racoon Stealer posted today to Russian-speaking hacking forums that they are suspending their operation after one of their core developers was killed in the invasion of Ukraine.
"Dear Clients due to the"special operation", we will have to close our project Racoon Stealer.
With the closure of Racoon Stealer, 3xp0rt told BleepingComputer that threat actors are now moving to the Mars Stealer operation, which offers a similar service as Racoon.
The invasion of Ukraine has had a significant impact on cybercrime and the hacking underground, with many threat actors residing in the country and publicly taking sides in the war.