Greenpeace has issued a report stating that Amazon loggers have employed computer hackers to help them work illegally. The hackers have been breaking into the system in the Brazilian province of Pará to change the transport permits issued by the government.
As the report explains:
“To be exported from Pará, each shipment of timber requires one of these transport permits, and the volume of timber in each shipment is deducted from the total amount allowed under the company’s forest management plan. Once that amount is reduced to zero, no more transport permits are issued so there’s no profit in felling more trees.”
