Quoting:
"They’d board a vessel, locate by bar code specific sought-after crates containing valuables, steal the contents of that crate—and that crate only—and then depart the vessel without further incident."
No, I'm saying the details aren't correct. I never implied fabricated, so unsure why you're suggesting this.
From reading the report it seems they confused container numbers with crate bar codes.
This bit:
"They’d board a vessel, locate by bar code specific sought-after crates containing valuables, steal the contents of that crate—and that crate only—and then depart the vessel without further incident."
When you board a vessel with container numbers, you don't see crates. However, you can find the container then search through the container and determine the crate. But the crate bar code? That's incorrect. A bill of lading will show the crate contents as well as its container number. It does NOT contain a bar code.
The PDF is obviously a marketing piece; it is not surprising some details are incorrect.
If you ignore the bar code part, then yeah, if the target was a shipping company then you could determine the contents of containers within reach and what is in them. Still need to go through the container though.
They may have just confused "crate" shipping (some small-scale local deal) with container shipping. It's hard to tell; the link to the claimed source goes nowhere, and a look at the current version of the named report (rp_data-breach-investigation-report-2015_en_xg.pdf, free download) says nothing about shipping piracy.
Quoting: "They’d board a vessel, locate by bar code specific sought-after crates containing valuables, steal the contents of that crate—and that crate only—and then depart the vessel without further incident."
You can download the Verizon report (that is the source for this article) here: http://www.verizonenterprise.com/resources/reports/rp_data-b...