Last month, Colorado Rockies third baseman Kris Bryant awaited the imminent delivery of a $300,000 Lamborghini Huracan to his home in Las Vegas … but it never came.
Bryant, who was having the vehicle transported for the offseason from Denver, where he plays ball, enlisted a transport company to do the job. But what happens next sounds almost too strange to be true.
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The transport company was said to have fallen victim to a “business email compromise” – a scheme in which hackers were able to gain access to the company’s system and quietly arrange the rerouting of the vehicle to another destination entirely.
In fact, investigators say the method was so sophisticated that suspects have been able to arrange unauthorized transport of many vehicles nationwide.
Bryant’s Lambo was eventually traced using license plate recognition cameras. The trail led them to a destination in Las Vegas that was most certainly not the ball player’s residence. A week later, authorities were able to recover the vehicle, along with some suspects in the caper.
And the suspects weren’t exactly empty-handed.
Carscoops described the fruits of the investigation as “a goldmine,” adding that new information allowed them to uncover more stolen vehicles – including a Rolls-Royce – as well as key fobs, fake registration documents and technology and tools used to switch VINs.
It sounds like this logistics company was breached by a good, old-fashioned email hack. And while Bryant’s vehicle was returned within just five days, it’s considered an outcome that’s nothing short of a miracle.
One detective remarked on the nature of the case, which required multiple agencies across state lines, as “elaborate,” adding: “you see this stuff in movies.”
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Last month, Colorado Rockies third baseman,
Chris Bryant awaited the imminent delivery of a
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$300,000 Lamborghini hurricane to his home in
Las Vegas.
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But it never came.
Bryant, who was having the vehicle transported
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for the offseason from Denver, where he plays
ball, enlisted a transport company to do the
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job.
But what happens next sounds almost too strange
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to be true.
The transport company was said to have fallen
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victim to a business email compromise, a scheme
in which hackers were able to gain access to
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the company's system and quietly arrange the
rerouting of the vehicle to an entirely new
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destination.
In fact, investigators say the method was so so.
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Indicated that suspects have been able to
arrange unauthorized transport of many vehicles
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nationwide.
Bryant's Lambo was eventually traced using
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license plate recognition cameras.
The trail led them to a destination in Las
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Vegas that was most certainly not the
ballplayer's residence.
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A week later, the authorities were able to
recover the vehicle along with some suspects in
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the caper, and the suspects weren't exactly
empty handed.
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Car scoops described the fruits of the
investigation as a gold mine,
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adding that new information allowed them to
uncover.
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More stolen vehicles, including a Rolls-Royce,
as well as key fobs,
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fake registration documents, and technology and
tools used to switch VINs.
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It sounds like this logistics company was
breached by a good old fashioned email hack,
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and while Bryant's vehicle was returned within
just 5 days,
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it's considered an outcome that's nothing short
of a miracle.
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One detective remarked on the nature of the
case, which required multiple agencies across
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state lines as elaborate, adding, you see this
stuff in movies.
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I'm Anna Wells, and this is manufacturing now.
