Describing the trend as a ‘surge’, it said that the overall cases of cargo theft rose 18% in the US and Canada from 2024 to 2025. But supply chain risk management firm Overhaul has said that there were 2,576 cargo theft incidents in the US in 2025. Multiple organizations have said they have taken steps to improve cyber defenses to mitigate against cyber-enabled cargo theft. Based on our monitoring, individuals on hacking forums sporadically advertise the sale of data from shipping and logistics firms. Over the coming months, any intensification of ransomware attacks on the logistics sector would probably disrupt freight transport.