FBI Warns of Surge in Cyber-Enabled Cargo Theft Targeting Logistics Firms

The FBI warns of a growing, increasingly sophisticated trend of cyber-enabled cargo theft targeting logistics and transportation firms through phishing, compromised broker/carrier accounts, malicious load-board activity, document manipulation and physical double-brokering; reported financial losses reached nearly $725M in 2025. The advisory outlines the multi-step attack chain, common indicators (spoofed domains, unusual communications, requests to download documents), and recommended mitigations such as multi-channel verification, stronger security practices, and timely reporting to law enforcement and IC3.