Cyber-enabled cargo theft is surging across transportation and logistics in 2025
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Cyber-enabled cargo theft is surging across transportation and logistics, driving nearly $725 million in estimated losses in the U.S. and Canada and materially increasing freight diversion risk. The trend is being fueled by phishing, impersonation, and account compromise against brokers and carriers, with higher-value loads increasingly targeted.
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30.04.2026 19:32 3 articles · 2mo ago
FBI warns of surging cyber-enabled cargo theft
Initial DisclosureThe FBI issued a public service announcement warning the transportation and logistics industry that cyber-enabled cargo theft is surging across the United States and Canada, with estimated 2025 losses nearing $725 million and confirmed incidents up 18 percent last year. The bureau said attackers have used spoofed emails and fake web links since at least 2024 to compromise freight brokers and carriers, post fraudulent load-board listings, impersonate legitimate companies, reroute shipments, and in some cases demand ransoms, and it urged secondary-channel verification, multi-factor authentication, and detailed vehicle and driver records.
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- FBI links cybercriminals to sharp surge in cargo theft attacks — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 30.04.2026 19:32
- FBI links cybercriminals to sharp surge in cargo theft attacks — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 30.04.2026 19:32
- Hackers Weaponize Remote Tools to Hijack Cargo Freight — www.darkreading.com — 03.11.2025 21:01