"According to the BBC, it’s estimated the hackers stole 250,000 carbon credit permits from six companies worth more than $4 million. At least seven out of 2,000 German firms that were targeted in the phishing scam fell for it. One of these unidentified firms reportedly lost $2.1 million in credits in the fraud. The credits were resold for an undisclosed sum. The buyers, who likely believed the transactions were legitimate, haven’t been named. The German Emissions Trading Authority has suspended access to its databases for a week while an investigation is underway. The fraud is the latest example of hacks aimed at gaming environment controls. A year ago, hackers penetrated the Brazilian government’s quota data for Brazilian rain forest products — allowing the illegal poaching of more than 1.7 million cubic feet of timber." - xero from Bookmarklet