How to write a cyber attack in a story

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right subreddit, so I apologize if it isn't, and I will remove the post if necessary. I'm writing a story in which there is a hacker who essentially needs to sniff someone's traffic and add malware to the receiving end of that traffic. I've come across various methods in which this could be done, but I'm not even sure if it's possible at this point. However, the target in my story is a challenging one, a government official, so there would be robust security measures in place such as a VPN and others.

Of course, I have limited knowledge about hacking, and I'm looking to get a general idea of how something like this could be done, without delving into extremely technical details – just the type of attack and some other basics. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!

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