Dutch Hacker Sentenced for Cyber-Enabled Cocaine Smuggling

Dutch Hacker Sentenced for Cyber-Enabled Cocaine Smuggling

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A 44-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison by a Dutch appeals court for hacking a Belgian port company to facilitate cocaine smuggling into the Netherlands. The hacker manipulated port computer systems in 2020, playing a key role in a criminal network that exploited vulnerabilities to aid drug trafficking.

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