Hackers kidnap a Florida-bound yoghurt cargo and demand a ransom.

There is a new form of cargo fraud that is causing the entire world of hauliers to go into a tailspin in the United States.

NEW YORK a.m. An entrepreneur from Harrisonburg, Virginia was forced to pay a ransom of forty thousand dollars in order to recover a stolen load of yoghurt and vegetable milk that was worth fifty thousand dollars. The goods had been stolen from his factory and were en route to a supermarket chain in Florida, but they had never arrived. The ransom was demanded in order to recover the goods. Because of the expertise of a group of hackers who, by sneaking into the information technology services of an online platform that matches shipments with couriers, acquired the exchange codes and redirected the load, having it loaded by another transporter who was unaware of the situation and then having it delivered to a different location.

It is already the next frontier of computer scams in the United States: codes and names are stolen online in order to take away not only virtual data but also real tangible stuff. Complete loads, which are subsequently processed in a variety of procedures by the con artists. For instance, they pretend to be couriers themselves, receive the money that was paid to move the items, and then contract another company to execute the operation at a lesser rate, all without the knowledge of the shipper. They then pocket the difference in price. Also, they resale the items through the use of the internet. Alternately, they may hold them as hostages and then receive payment for releasing them.

In the past year, this particular sort of fraud in the freight transportation industry has even quadrupled, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. The losses that have occurred are believed to be at least 500 million dollars. On the other hand, it is a particularly straightforward strategy to carry out, and the authorities claim that it is developing into a genuine and brand-new criminal enterprise. Brokers and shippers have expressed their dissatisfaction with the lack of suitable tools available to them in order to differentiate between real carriers and scammers who are able to obtain unique delivery codes. This is something that cannot be fought at this time. Fraudulent call centre networks have even been established by hackers in order to intercept any verification calls that may be made.

On the other hand, the episode of the stolen yoghurt was especially distressing for the business owner who had been scammed. Because the driver who had been engaged to deliver the items had grown concerns after discovering loading documents that stated that the delivery place was Florida and not Florida, he found out virtually in real time that his products had been hacked. This became apparent to him because the driver had discovered the documents. The destination was specified to be Pennsylvania. But the man continued to refuse to travel to Tampa, stating that the corporation that had hired him had already paid him. He said that he had already received payment. After a few hours had passed, one of the intruders, who spoke with an Armenian accent, made his demand: forty thousand dollars to retrieve fifty thousand dollars worth of cargo…

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