Comment / A month inside the hackers’ playbook

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In a nutshell: Researchers watched a cargo theft actor work in real time for 30 days and what they saw should worry every carrier, broker, and 3PL in the business.

The old image of cargo theft, bolt cutters, a dark warehouse yard, a fast getaway, is quaint now. The modern heist starts with a phishing email disguised as a load posting, ends with a fraudulent bid on a legitimate shipment, and in between involves the kind of systematic digital ...