
Phishing Email Gave Thieves $1.7M Condom Load Using Carrier's Identity
Criminals used a phishing email to compromise a legitimate trucking company's credentials, then picked up a 103,000-unit shipment bound for Walmart and…
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Criminals used a phishing email to compromise a legitimate trucking company's credentials, then picked up a 103,000-unit shipment bound for Walmart and…

Fraudsters are using artificial intelligence to refine and scale schemes targeting trucking and logistics companies, even as carriers invest in cybersecurity…

Malcolm Harris predicts dedicated verification teams will replace ad-hoc carrier checks as impersonation schemes force brokers to choose accuracy over speed.

New Threat Report Portal lets carriers and brokers share cyber incidents, suspicious activity, and cargo crime patterns in real time.

Freight fraud has forced brokerages to add verification steps at every stage. The companies that repeat the same checks every time avoid the losses that come…

Brokers spend millions on onboarding platforms and AI scoring, yet freight fraud grows. The FreightWaves CFCO program says the missing piece is human…

The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act cleared the House on May 14 as cargo theft tactics shift to digital fraud and double-brokering.

Wall Street dumped brokerage stocks within an hour of the decision, but the real question for carriers is whether bigger 3PLs will now tighten vetting or push…

A Department of Justice funding letter describes cargo theft as organized fraud networks using fake identities and hacked systems: not just stolen trailers.

Supply chain crime dropped to 767 incidents in Q1, down 12% from Q4 2025, as organized groups move from physical hijacking to email compromise and…
Cybercriminals are impersonating legitimate freight companies to steal loads, according to a new FBI public alert on cargo theft.

Travelers investigator Ryan Kiefer explains how cargo theft has shifted from physical force to manipulated data and broken communication inside normal…