Hackers Steal MLB Player's Lamborghini By Rerouting Delivery

It almost sounds too strange to be true.

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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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