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How to protect your business from enterprise and vehicle network breaches

Cybersecurity breaches are an increasingly common threat to the trucking industry that cause devastating financial harm that is often hard to come back from.

“Almost all breaches end in a lawsuit. On average, those lawsuits are upwards of $10 million per company just to get back on your feet,” said Antwan Banks, director of enterprise security at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA), “not to mention how much business you may lose because of loss of brand recognition.”

The NMFTA...

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6 lessons learned about cybersecurity and freight in 2021

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It was once again another rough year for cybersecurity and freight. The main reason: ransomware attacks, in which criminals encrypt data and demand payment, sometimes in the millions of dollars, in exchange for unlocking it. Even though the U.S. government has been taking an increasingly aggressive approach to fighting ransomware, the attacks have continued. They hit companies across the supply chain, including trucking, logistics, freight factoring, freight forwarding — and even fuel...

Marten Transport discloses cyberattack, warns employee data could be at risk

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Wisconsin-based trucking company Marten Transport has confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack earlier in October and warned that employee data could have been compromised, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday.

Marten said in the filing that the company detected the attack on Oct. 3 and were accessed and encrypted as part of the incident. It came three days after a cybercriminal group posted a claim — which was quickly taken down — to the dark web alleging...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/marten-transport-discloses-cyberattack-warns-employee-data-could-be-at-risk

Navistar sued over data breach affecting thousands

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Heavy truck and military vehicle manufacturer Navistar is facing a lawsuit over a data breach in May that may have exposed sensitive personal information of tens of thousands of current and former employees and health plan participants.

Lawyers representing Thomas Kalbrier, a former Navistar engineer, and Cherrie Kalbrier, a company health plan participant, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Oct. 1 alleging that the company negligently stored personal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-sued-over-data-breach-affecting-thousands

Ransomware attack on Forward Air may have exposed sensitive employee data

A tractor-trailer with the logo Forward Air seen from the right year side on a highway to illustrate an article about a ransomware attack on the company.

The devastating ransomware attack that hit Forward Air Corp. in December may have exposed sensitive personal information of current and former employees, according to data breach notices sent by the trucking giant.

The Tennessee-based firm sent letters to the attorney general offices in at least four states — California, Vermont, Montana and New Hampshire — on Sept. 24 as it began notifying the affected people. They warn that information including names, addresses, birthdates, and Social...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ransomware-attack-on-forward-air-may-have-exposed-sensitive-employee-data

Cyberthieves say they have ‘moral principles’

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They openly admit to hacking companies’ IT systems, stealing their sensitive data, and leaking it and putting it up for sale if they aren’t paid. But there are some red lines that the operators of the Marketo stolen-data marketplace say they won’t cross.

They claim they don’t do ransomware — that they neither conduct the attacks, which encrypt victims’ data, nor benefit from data harvested in attacks by others.

“We don’t have the goal of destroying other people’s businesses,” the group told...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cyberthieves-say-they-have-moral-principles

Navistar data leaked on auction site after cyberattack

A white International ProStar truck viewed from the front as it travels on a highway to illustrate an article about the leak of data stolen from its manufacturer, Navistar.

Data apparently stolen from Navistar International Corp. has been leaked onto the dark web, exposing detailed financial information less than a month after the heavy truck and military vehicle manufacturer disclosed a cyberattack. 

The data appeared on Wednesday on Marketo, which bills itself as a marketplace for stolen data. It consists of 82 files — which appear authentic — and the site’s operators offered it as a preview for a 330-gigabyte trove being made available for auction.

The portion...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-data-leaked-on-auction-site-after-cyberattack

Why a trucking company called a lawyer minutes after a ransomware attack

A illustration of a man in a burglar outfit running across 1s and 0s to illustrate data theft during a ransomware attack.

Earlier this year, Carrie Palmer got a panicked phone call from a client. The trucking company had gotten hit by a ransomware attack minutes earlier, and it wanted the South Carolina-based lawyer’s guidance on what its next steps should be. 

By Palmer’s account, it was a pretty typical attack. The hackers took the IT systems offline by encrypting data and left a note to begin the process of attempting to extort the carrier. The good news: The company had been well prepared with a plan of action,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-a-trucking-company-called-a-lawyer-minutes-after-a-ransomware-attack

Marketing when privacy is paramount — Cyberly

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Data breaches, ransomware attacks and identity thefts are just a few of the risks of working in a digital world. On this episode of Cyberly, host Blythe Brumleve looks at what you can do to keep your data safe online. 

For marketing and sales teams, Brumleve breaks down why privacy doom-and-gloomers are “paranoid” without the need to be. 

Guests Nicole Glenn of Candor Expedite and Melanie Patterson of Integrity Transit discuss their passion for connecting with their audiences and being female...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/marketing-when-privacy-is-paramount-cyberly

Data breach hits 44 big Canada Post shippers, exposing nearly 1M customers

A Canada Post truck viewed from the size.

Canada Post said on Wednesday that a cyberattack and data breach on an electronic data interchange (EDI) supplier has compromised information from 44 of its large parcel business customers, affecting nearly 1 million recipients. 

The attack on Ontario-based Commport Communications compromised the shipping manifest data of the customers. Canada Post, Canada’s government-run postal carrier, did not identify the customers. 

About 950,000 recipients were impacted by the breach, Canada Post said. The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/data-breach-hits-44-big-canada-post-shippers-exposing-nearly-1m-customers

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