Earlier this year, AT&T paid around $370,000 to a hacker to delete customer data stolen in a hacking spree, according to Wired.

A former AT&T executive, Paul La Schiazza, is slated for trial in September 2024 over allegations of bribing an ally of the then-Illinois House Speaker, Michael Madigan, to secure legislation beneficial to AT&T.

For those of us in the transportation and logistics industry, the recent tragic incident in Brenham, Texas, where a man drove a stolen 18-wheeler into a Department of Public Safety (DPS) office, serves as a stark reminder of the critical importance of security and mental health support in our field.

Recently, there was a major drug bust in the Caribbean Sea near Colombia.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused President Joe Biden of aiding Mexican cartels by halting deportations.

An Ohio trucking company owner confessed to wire fraud in a federal court for participating in a scam that cheated shippers, including Amazon and Bath & Body Works.

Salt Lake Trucking Group (SLTG) was found guilty of fraud charges following reports by Gephardt Daily that the company received $108 million from FedEx through deceptive practices over the past ten years.

Cybercriminals are giving carriers a run for their money by targeting truckers with fuel card skimming scams, making legitimate fuel expenses a tricky battle.

An international coalition of countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and others, has launched "Operation Prosperity Guardian" to counter Houthi rebels targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea.

BP has decided to halt all shipments through the Red Sea due to recent attacks on trade vessels by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Guillaume Latour-Laitre, the vice president of a Quebec trucking firm, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States for his involvement in a cross-border cocaine smuggling operation.

Republican leaders in Congress are investigating the Department of Energy's $3 billion award to Sunnova Energy Corporation, a solar company accused of exploiting vulnerable customers with deceptive sales practices.

A 41-year-old truck driver, Gregory Jackson, has been charged with criminal negligent homicide in connection with the death of a 15-year-old Livingston ISD student who was struck and killed by an 18-wheeler as he was getting off a school bus.

Texas lawmakers recently approved Senate Bill 4, which would permit Texas police to arrest individuals for illegally crossing the border from Mexico.

The United States suggests that the attackers who attempted to seize an Israel-linked cargo ship were likely Somali pirates rather than Houthi fighters from Yemen.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 354 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the bed of a pickup truck crossing the border from Mexico into the United States at the Paso Del Norte international crossing.

Federal prosecutors arrested two individuals, Adama Sow and Abdulaj Jalloh, and seized over 200,000 counterfeit luxury items worth $1.03 billion in what is being described as the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods in US history.

A ransomware attack on China's Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICBC) disrupted trading in the $25 trillion US Treasury market, forcing ICBC to send trading data on a USB stick to BNY Mellon for settlement.

Authorities are searching for a man who drove through the gate of a nuclear power plant in South Carolina and allegedly attempted to hit security officers before fleeing.

St. Louis City experienced a violent weekend with multiple murders and assaults. Five murders occurred within a short period, keeping homicide detectives busy.