Reporter seeking stories about rising cargo theft

I don't where you got the notion that mom and pop trucking companies are getting their systems broken into. That is just not what the current trend of theft is all about. It is not really something that can happen to speak of.

You are not going to like the answer, but the current cargo thefts have to do with the huge number of immigrant non-domiciled truck drivers and foreign owned trucking companies in the US right now. Most common situation right now is loads being picked up moved over the southern border or taken to the docks and loaded into a sea bound container and shipped overseas.

These foreign companies either spoof a legitimate carrier's credentials, have legitimate credentials (are chameleon carriers), and/or have an inside man at the brokerage or shipper.

 

Mom and Pops would be the least likely to fall victim , unless it’s a straight up jacking.

I’m also curious as to where you gained that idea.

Agree with @Toomanybikes on this.

My carrier sends us nationwide data on theft for driver awareness , I can share if needed, but you probably already have access to the resources.

 

I think the larger companies would be the target because their processing of loads are almost exclusively through internal systems, including creating bol and destination addresses. I would like to have you explained how this criminal process works because most of us haven’t heard this one. Some medium companies have had ransom ware problems but not cargo stolen,

 

Insurance companies could solve the problem overnight.

 

As a small carrier, I would think it would be more challenging to steal freight as the circuit is smaller in my arena:


No cloud based/ app based/ internet based part to hack.

 

Ruthless, the smaller circuit helps, but the phishing angle Jane describes has hit small carriers too. The version we saw last year was an email that looked like a rate confirmation from a broker we actually run for, with a link to sign it. The link went to a fake login page for the load board. Once they have that login they post loads under your MC or book loads as you and you find out when the receiver calls.

Cheap fix that works for us: nobody signs a rate con from an email link, we open the broker portal ourselves, and the load board login has a phone code on it. Takes 20 seconds and closes that door.

 

She's already written the article; she's looking for some gullible Cleetus comments to pad it out with. The main thrust will be fragmentation bad, megas good and the comments will be credited to the forum with no link to the thread so nobody who reads the article sees the context.