Cybercriminals Infiltrate Trucking Systems To Steal High-Value Cargo

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Cybercriminals are increasingly infiltrating trucking firms’ digital systems to hijack identities, win real freight contracts, and reroute high-value cargo. Hackers pose as brokers, plant malware, and use compromised accounts to divert shipments, driving theft values sharply higher. Industry data shows cargo theft surging, especially during rail transport.

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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:02Cargo theft is rising as hackers infiltrate trucking firms' digital systems

00:06and use identity takeover tactics to steal high-value shipments,

00:10and according to the Wall Street Journal.

00:11Cyber criminals enter freight marketplaces, compromise low-level accounts,

00:15and escalate access to impersonated officials with authority to bid out loads or reroute cargo.

00:20Grouppoint said attackers are posing as freight brokers,

00:23posting fake loads and slipping malware links into email exchanges

00:26to give them remote access to trucking company systems.

00:29Once inside, they use hijacked accounts to win real shipping contracts

00:33and redirect cargo to criminal warehouses or overseas markets.

00:37Verisync CargoNet reported the average value in stolen shipments

00:40doubled to nearly $336,787.

00:44Its themes target enterprise servers and crypto-mining hardware.

00:47IMC Logistics sent thefts rose to $876 last year, up from $5 in 2021,

00:54with 95% of thefts occurring while cargo was transported by rail.

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