The FBI issued a warning about a surge in strategic cargo theft, with threat actors deploying “sophisticated, cyber-enabled tactics” to impersonate legitimate businesses and steal high-value shipments, hijack freight, and reroute deliveries.
Cyber threat actors are targeting transportation and logistics companies in the United States, including those involved in receiving, shipping, delivering, and insuring cargoes, the FBI said in an April 30 public service announcement alert. Since at least 2024, these malicious actors have hacked into the computer systems of freight brokers and carriers, usually using compromised carrier accounts, fake URLs, and spoofed emails.
“The cyber actors pose as victim companies and post fraudulent listings on load boards to deceive shippers, brokers, and carriers into handing over goods, which are redirected from their intended destination and stolen for resale,” the alert said….