"A risk assessment of the Piql Services" by FFI

B.7 Crime: Organised Crime

Scenario number 7

Organised crime

Scenario justification

Justification : As with theft done by an individual, depending on the sensitivity and value of the information stored on the piqlFilms in question, a more organised form of crime is likely to target the Piql Preservation Services. This can include mafia groups, drug cartels or human traffickers. The information on the PiqlFilm could be of such a nature that the networks in question can profit directly from their knowledge thereof; they can sell it to a third party (on order); or they can use the information to extort other individuals. Whatever the motivation, this is a risk the Piql Preservation Services needs to be aware of. Purpose : Regardless of their contents, the piqlFilms will always be much more vulnerable when they are out in the open, i.e. when they are not in a controlled environment such as the production site and the storage facility. The transportations phase between the two is thus a time when the piqlFilms are especially vulnerable. If the information stored in addition is such that someone can stand to profit from their possession, then theft during this phase is a real risk. Benefit : This scenario serves to illustrate just such a scenario: One where a group with knowledge of the piqlFilms’ contents and the means to pull off a major heist, who has studied the operations of the Piql PS and identified the transportation phase as the most likely point of success. To arrange for continuous security is therefore important, not just while the piqlFilms are produced or while they are in storage. The scenario is set in the geographical zone South (South America). While finished piqlFilms containing personal data, including social security numbers, are transported from the production site to the designated storage facility, the truck is robbed by a street gang with connections to a drug cartel. The truck makes its way along its route without incident, but when it stops at the delivery site to unload its contents, it is overrun by assailants. A gang of four masked persons overpowers the driver and the additional guard. They are forced, on pain of death, to give up the code to the truck’s loading area. The gang makes away with the piqlFilms, with the intent to sell them to a potential buyer who had contacted them with an interest in ID theft. Upon receiving thus lucrative offer, the group starts to meticulously plan their attack. They do surveillance on the Piql partner to learn their routines and find weaknesses, which leads them to learn when and how to strike in order to succeed in their theft. Scenario outline

Cause

Type of risk (Hazard/Threat)

Threat: Theft of personal data on piqlFilm committed by a street gang with connections to a drug cartel with the intent to sell to a third party.

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FFI-RAPPORT 16/00707