Catnip Cartel Allegedly Hacks Into Online Pet Store Website

Catnip Cartel Allegedly Hacks Into Online Pet Store Website

Authorities believe that Tiny Melendez, the leader of the Blanco catnip cartel, is behind a recent hacking scheme that rerouted delivery of thousands of pounds of catnip bound for a national pet store chain. The catnip went missing last week.

The nip, which had a street value of $500,000, fell off the grid at the port of Veracruz. It never made it into the United States.

It appears, according to the FBI, that the Blanco cartel may have hacked into the shipping company’s computers and altered the tracking information for the shipment. By the time the catnip was stolen from the port, there was no longer any digital record that it had ever even been there.

“This is high-tech, sophisticated stuff,” said FBI investigator Bo Lambert. “We suspect Blanco because computer theft has been their M.O. in the past, and cartel leader Tiny received training at M.I.T.”

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