Everstream warns cyberattacks, hybrid warfare, and trade policy weaponization set to disrupt supply chains in 2026

Supply chain risk management company Everstream Analytics outlined that global supply chains are heading into a year defined less by isolated shocks and more by overlapping, high-probability disruptions that are increasingly difficult to contain. In its latest outlook, the supply chain risk management firm identifies four events most likely to disrupt trade and logistics in the near term, drawing on proprietary machine learning models combined with analyst-led intelligence. 

The analysis points to a sharp rise in cyberattacks on logistics networks, the escalation of hybrid warfare tactics, mounting failures in aging transport infrastructure, and the strategic use of trade regulations as geopolitical leverage. Together, these forces are reshaping supply chain risk from a cost and efficiency challenge into a persistent security and resilience issue that companies can no longer treat as episodic or regional.

Titled ‘2026 Annual Supply Chain Risk Report,’ the Everstream Analytics reported 2,526 cyber incidents across all industries between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 last year, almost double the 1,295 cyber incidents reported in 2024. “The 61% increase in cyber incidents on logistics was not the largest percentage increase in a particular industry last year. That dubious distinction goes to automotive manufacturing that experienced 304 cyberattacks in 2025, compared to 37 in 2024 – a 722% increase.” 

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