FBI Links Cybercriminals to Sharp Surge in Cargo Theft Attacks

### Executive summary — The FBI warns of a sharp rise in organized, multi-stage cyber-enabled cargo theft across the US and Canada (nearly $725M losses in 2025), where attackers use phishing and remote monitoring software to compromise broker/carrier accounts, post fraudulent load listings, accept real shipments under stolen identities, reroute loads to complicit drivers, and alter FMCSA registration and insurance records to delay detection; the Diesel Vortex group is linked to related campaigns and the advisory includes MFA, out-of-band verification, and FMCSA monitoring as mitigations.