Drivers offer hackers an easy access point to fleet systems

January 19, 2021
Drivers carry significant exposure to a phishing attack, by mixing work and personal computing on a smartphone or tablet while also accessing a fleet’s email or loadboards.Shutterstock image
Ever had one of those Snickers “Wanna get away?” moments?
Wade Anderson, Chief Information Officer for Eagan, Minnesota-based multi-modal hauler Bay and Bay Transportation did. And it was only his fourth day on the job.
July 12, 2018, is a day Anderson is unlikely to forget. It was that afternoon that an offshoot of the infamous SamSam ransomware ransacked the company’s entire IT infrastructure, encrypting all essential files across the carrier’s 80 servers, and the hacker was demanding Bitcoin to release them.

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