Hackers steal money from trucking company
BULLSKIN TWP. — State police are investigating the theft of more than $8,000 from a trucking business that was stolen through a virus contained in an email.
State police Trooper Stefani Plume, public information officer, said a hacker placed a Trojan virus through spam email onto a computer at Pleasant Trucking, Inc.
Plume said the thief used the virus to acquire passwords to an account the company uses to issue checks.
Police said the thief used this information to cash five checks totaling more than $8,000 in different states.