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How hackers are helping criminal gangs hijack truck deliveries

Cargo hijackings are on the rise, as cybercriminals use remote access tools to track and divert large shipments of high-end goods from delivery trucks around the world.
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Over the past year or so, a number of delivery vehicles packed with high-end goods have vanished into thin air, likely stolen. A truck of electronic vapes in California, a lorry of lobster meat in Massachusetts, and anything else of value, from electronics to energy drinks.

Now, some twelve tons of promotional KitKat chocolate bars have gone missing, with the confectionary maker warning that sophisticated schemes aimed at stealing cargo have become an "escalating issue" for businesses of all sizes.

What might seem like a scattering of disappearing truck deliveries, security researchers point to a wider collaboration between cybercriminal hackers and organized crime gangs that carry out cargo thefts in the real world.

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