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[–] 119 points 2 months ago

They stole 10 hard drives, and some RAM, reportedly. /s

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  • [–] 59 points 2 months ago

    Oh no better not publish that else you’ll give people ideas. Big huge ideas for those poor people affected by them.

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    I hope this doesn’t keep happening… that would be just awful.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I'm just making up stories here, but thieves don't usually make the same huge mistake twice. These aren't tweakers, lol. We know these tech companies are evil, sooooooo:

    There are probably more incidents of theft that have been reported to the police but not publicly known. And although the value of the stolen goods could be staggering for the average person, companies and freighters often have insurance coverage, so they don’t have to worry about paying out of pocket for the entire loss.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Until the insurers realise that your shipments of RAM are so expensive you need an armoured truck and police escort. The police escort will be paid with your tax money.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Meh, if they want to waste money on glorified 'special op' rentacops that's there prerogative. I doubt it will stop the thefts tho. Ambushers don't care when they hold all the cards while your stuck in an armored car (tomb)

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Has anyone questioned this guy.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

    Was wondering when this was gonna start happening, guess it's has been happening for a while.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    There have been some really dramatic things done in the past couple of years that weren't mentioned in the media. We all know about Brian Thompson meeting one of the Mario Bros, but you dont hear about what happened to Wesley Leplatner. We heard about the TP warehouse ("all you had to do is pay us enough to live) but you haven't heard about any of the others.

    The pattern seems to be: Thing happens to rich person/big company. Thing is mentioned on the news. The public reacts the "wrong" way. Then the media doesn't mention all the other times it happens.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Yup, at least this time the rich were smart enough to know not to point out how vulnerable there inventory sec is so more people don't get ideas this time round.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    I wonder what their eBay store is named

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Play stupid games, win prizes. Its almost like ruining the future for many people makes them desperate to survive.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Modern day Robin Hood and his merry men liberated stolen electronics and gave them back to the people, i know they won't but it's nice to dream of a better world.

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    Not all heroes wear capes

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Hahahaha,

    It’s funny cause by their nature, they would only want to build these things, which are filled with valuable equipment, in poor neighbourhoods.

    It’s why they haven’t resorted to building them in third world countries.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Almost as excited for these guys as the Louvre heisters. The Louvre people had a little more panache.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    1.3 million dollar heist

    So they stole 256 GB of DDR5 ram modules?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Only problem is that these assets aren't really useful to a lot of people unless they happen to have a data center in which to run them. You could put a rack in your garage and run a little, but as you might have heard, these bastards eat a LOT of power. Most homes don't have the capacity for this, even most businesses would be pushing it.

    I mean if they wanted to hurt the businesses who are buying it, they'd just have to throw the equipment in a pool or something.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    Nah, unless you have examples I don't really buy that. you definitely could make use of most of it with a minimal amount of resourcefulness.

    I think everyone understands these are specialized components, but even a slightly above average homelabber would go to town on it.

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  • This will make the hardware cheaper

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