Dutch court sentences hacker who used port systems to smuggle cocaine to 7 years

A Dutch appeals court sentenced a man to seven years for installing malware via a USB dropped with a compromised port employee, creating a persistent backdoor into Belgian/Rotterdam port systems in 2020–2021. The hacker remotely manipulated container and gate operations to facilitate the shipment of 210 kg of cocaine and assisted with forged transport documents; investigators used intercepted Sky ECC chats and forensic analysis to attribute the intrusion and its role in the smuggling operation.