New cyber thief gang targets transports; Hunt, Ryder and Echo hit

Actions by a relatively new group of cybercriminals that have targeted many transportation companies in turn have led to lawsuits filed by employees of three big names that have gotten caught up in the crook’s web.

The cyber criminals operate under the name Whitearmor. Ben Wilkens, the director of cybersecurity at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, said in an email to FreightWaves that Whitearmor “came on the scene very recently, October of this year, and engage in very targeted attacks of vulnerable webservers.”

He also said of Whitearmor that he has seen “several transportation companies, ranging from very large national fleets and logistics companies down to several smaller regional fleets targeted by this group since October.”

Three known logistics companies have been a target of a ransomware act carried out by Whitearmor since late October: J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT), Ryder System (NYSE: R) and Echo Global Logistics.

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