Exel Transportation services hack
- Event Year
- 2004
- Reliability
- Confirmed
- Country
- United States
- Industry
- Transportation
- Attack Type
- Disgruntled Employee
Description
A 61-year-old former contractor for Exel Transportation Services was convicted in 2008 of remotely accessing the company's logistics systems years after his contract ended and using the access to disrupt freight scheduling. The case is frequently cited as an early example of insider-threat persistence in transportation OT.
Impact
Multiple shipments were delayed or rerouted; the financial impact was reported as material but specific dollar figures were not made public.
Sources
Source list compiled from OTCAD (Stash Kempinski / Secura, GPL-3.0). Description is risidata's own prose.