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+-   Scammers Run Truckless Trucking Company on Wednesday October 22 2008, @11:10AM mikesd81

Submitted by mikesd81 on Wednesday October 22 2008, @11:10AM
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mikesd81 writes "Wired reports Nicholas Lakes and Viachelav Berkovich are charged with computer fraud for a man-in-the-middle attack that allegedly let them run a profitable trucking company without the hassle of driving a truck.For over three years the Russian immigrants hacked a Department of Transportation website called Safersys.org(pdf file), which maintains a list of licensed interstate trucking companies and brokers. They then went on forums where brokers advertise cargo in need of transportation and negotiate a deal, for example, to transport cargo from American Canyon, California, to Jessup, Maryland, for $3,500. But instead of transporting the load, they would outsource the job to another trucking companyposing as the legitimate company whose identity they'd hijacked. They would then invoice the company and take the money. When the company that owned the actual truck tried to contact the company that needed the goods delivered, they found they knew nothing about it. Over all they made nearly $500,000."
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