Hackers in Brazil have managed to recrudesce into the computerized system that cover quotas for log companies , earmark for the illegal logging and smuggling of closely 1.7 million cubic meter of woodwind .
The have n’t gotten away with it , however , as Brazil has been trying to check down on illegal logging . Now there are 107 companies being action for $ 833 million . In addition , 202 people are look prosecution , including 30 “ ringleaders ” who brought the hacker and logging society together .
Essentially what they did was falsify transportation permits . The Brazilian system is jell up so that ship’s company receive permits to enthrall their felled tree . The load is measured and that amount of wood is deducted from the total amount allowed . Once a company reaches its quota , it ca n’t get more licence and therefore ca n’t make more money by cutting down tree . However , lease hacker catch them around the system for long enough to do some bragging illegal price .
We ’ll see if anything really happens in royal court to stop this practice . [ GreenpeaceviaTreehugger ]
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