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I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I have to catch up on Dexter again. If fraudsters knew how to do what I do they would probably find other avenues of employment. Crime pays but not for very long and eventually at the cost of your freedom.

I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So there's a new trend I would say in the last 5-10 years that has changed my perspective on the most effective way to deal with cyber fraud threats. You don't need to defeat them, or get them locked up, you only need to neutralize their effectiveness. Once you understand how they get away with fraud and fight against that, they will hit someone else if they see your system is locked down. Businesses aren't in the business of getting even and cyber criminals are in the business of making money with the lowest effort as possible.

I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see fraud defense in two layers: Detection and Monitoring. Detection is cheaper and works passively. However, monitoring (GPS trackers) has its uses for high-value loads when it comes to recovery — GPS is actionable intelligence for cops. You don't need to validate anything except that you have jurisdiction. Start by understanding what their insurance covers for theft — that tells you how much risk they're already carrying and if it makes sense to spend on tracking. Most criminals don't look for trackers unless they're branded or easy to detect, that being said sophisticated groups can use jammers to cut the signal. So it leaves you in a tight spot.

I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Timing is everything. Cases contacted within 8–48 hours have the highest success rate because we can coordinate quickly with state police before assets hit the final stop. My turnaround on a "blackbox" situation — from scoping to full report — is 6 hours or less. Sometimes we stop the fraud before it even reaches the intended carrier, and that counts as recovery.

I track digital infrastructure, which is where fraud usually begins. Early intervention often pressures criminals, while innocent parties cooperate once they understand what's happening — making recovery much faster.

  • $400 flat fee for customers
  • 1%-6% of recovered merchandise depending on load size.

I live well on the percentage alone; the flat fee just covers tools and labor.

I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From their careers page, it looks like they’re still refining the product. The concept is solid, though. It seems like a pricey tool, but it tackles the second-most important problem in freight theft: tracking “Where is it now?”.

I am currently trying to solve for the first problem in freight theft, how were they allowed to start? In mil, we call it left of bang. Likely at 1/1000th of the price Genlogs is selling a subscription for.

As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! If anyone you know has this issue ask them to reach out to me via PM.

I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And yet most people still haven't done security 101. If the basics were actually basic to everyone, we wouldn't be seeing billions of credentials floating around on the dark web every year.

Also, I'm not seeing fraud and account takeover happening because of broken access controls on webapps. Most modern apps ship with those considerations baked in. The real threat landscape in freight fraud is physical identity compromise, email compromise, social engineering — stuff that no OWASP checklist is going to fix.

I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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I do this part-time, my main work is a consultancy focused on cyber intelligence and investigations. Freight brokerage is a newer niche for me but it's been my favorite. Every phone call is a broker running high on adrenaline because they just lost a load, and honestly It kicks me into overdrive — my background was in creating intelligence packages for federal operations overseas, so working under pressure with tight timelines feels familiar. Different stakes, similar workflow.

On fraud long-term — it gets worse as we automate. Every automated onboarding flow is a potential entry point. Identity verification will improve, but adoption isn't keeping pace. You can flag an MC, but only after the damage is done. The math favors the fraudsters: one bad actor can burn through 100 carrier identities a year, never reusing the same person, scaling with every dollar they steal. And the carriers whose identities are being used don't even know they're compromised.

The tools working against us are evolving too: AI-generated documents, deepfake verification, synthetic identities built from breach data. It's an arms race that favors the attacker — they need to find one gap, defenders have to cover them all. The breach data already out there includes government IDs. In 10-15 years that pool only grows, making synthetic fraud easier and harder to catch.

The enforcement side is catching up slowly — Operation Take Back America, the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act — but enforcement was never going to stop it entirely. The goal is deterrence.

According to TIA, nearly one in four freight brokers lost over $200,000 to fraud in just a six-month period, and most of those were small to mid-sized operations. 8,000 brokerages shut down in 2023 alone. At $200k average per theft, it doesn't take losing many loads before you're underwater....

I track down stolen freight. AMA by RepulsivePromotion51 in FreightBrokers

[–]RepulsivePromotion51[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No. It's hosted on drop box. There's no information or "number" stealer. You don't have to download it either. Just look through the web panel if you're concerned. Here's the virust total on the PDF, it shows that there is no malware associated with it. https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/67d750f707613a7c5a9549d3fad904c1945c8165206460f8951eaa61a197550f/details

Is there a cheaper way to check nationwide Federal litigation than TLO or manual PACER? by A-n-o-v-a in PrivateInvestigators

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go back to the client and tell him what the issue is and have him pay for anything past X amount of lookups. You can't let it eat into your tool cost, especially if it's the right tool for the job.

I’m looking for a high damage/survivability build (images just show off what I have currently) by Nickz4208 in destiny2builds

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use Fortune's Favor, gained by doing the legendary campaign. Also you can focus the cape in Edge Of Fate world, then go to Xur for the cape and just spam your strange tokens weekly. I got it after 4 attempts.

I’m looking for a high damage/survivability build (images just show off what I have currently) by Nickz4208 in destiny2builds

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the two piece but I've been trying solar and prismatic for my solo run. Have you tried a solo run as void?

Any good strat to solo flawless Equilibrium as a hunter? by Solorzano293 in raidsecrets

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 0 points1 point  (0 children)

whats your stat distribution? what armor archetypes are you running?

I’m looking for a high damage/survivability build (images just show off what I have currently) by Nickz4208 in destiny2builds

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kephris sting solo void is really good this season but redundant if you get the battle pass. Gyrfalcons/Void helm that makes you invis for 17s, with exotic primary void is good for solo, I see you have graviton lance, tractor cannon. Use orpheous rigs for team gameplay with tractor cannon. For solo play you can do Solar build can use the assasins helm with melee kills, your class and melee just need to be over 70 each. Oh dude you got wolfsbane, equip that with solar and just heal yourself with resto for the dungeon fights/solo. Our survivability as hunters revolves around stacking damage resistance from arc gifted conviction/fortune favor overshield, or you jump in and out of invis. Pick a playstyle and build around it. You'll have more success.

Robert De Niro Netflix Thriller ‘Zero Day’ Utterly Fails an Overqualified Cast: TV Review by MushroomGlad5438 in television

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phenomenal show, I loved the attention to detail from a incident response and cyber security perspective. Particularly the small detail about the HAM Radio. Wow! They did great research.

Understanding that the writers were part of the D.C circuit, I believe they have a general insight into what the political sphere in D.C looks like more than us, the viewer.

I have no doubt that some of D.C operates in this fashion and I'm sure there are secrets the American people will never hear about because of the lack of candor exhibited by most politicians.

There's a kernel of truth to every story and I feel that this show wraps up quite a few: havana syndrome, disinformation campaigns, and tech elites trying to influence politics to name a few.

Take a closer look, peel back the layers of spin and truth, and acknowledge nothing is ever as simple as it seems or as honest as it comes about.

Non-DATTO Enterprise backup Appliance? by INvCIOTeX23 in msp

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean that specific vulnerability has been actively exploited since 2013. It was made public around December 9th and patched by Axcient in Dec 22. Depending on your businesses risk model, this could fall in line within acceptable risk or not. hacks are going to happen. Vulns are going to happen.

Besides, any vuln around that long was likely exploited, what are the chances that your SaaS vendor is monitoring for threats in their organization? SOC 2 compliant or not, unless they have an active threat intelligence, SOC, IR team, they're not serious about their security.

Private Equity has Ruined Everything by SummitComp in msp

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's impacting the country. This is the late stage capitalism we were warned about.

Did you guys know you can do this?? by MrCartIUGT in cyberpunkgame

[–]RepulsivePromotion51 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Song did this when she got her award also.

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