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Hackers 'aid' Amazon deforestation logging scam

Amazon the forest, not the company

         

creative craig

3:26 pm on Dec 15, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Hackers have helped logging firms in Brazil evade limits on tree felling, says a Greenpeace report.

The hi-tech criminals penetrated a computer system designed to monitor logging in the Brazilian state of Para. Once inside the system, hackers issued fake permits so loggers could cut down far more timber than environmental officials were prepared to allow.

[news.bbc.co.uk...]

lawman

11:36 pm on Dec 15, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I modified the title. Hope it helps. :)