Cargo thieves target AI data center supplies in $1.3 million heists
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/cargo-thieves-target-ai-data-center-supplies-in-usd1-3-million-heists-usd300-000-worth-of-copper-wire-and-usd1-million-worth-of-equipment-recovered-outside-chicago
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Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 119 pts · 55d
They stole 10 hard drives, and some RAM, reportedly. /s
Kittywifclaws@piefed.world · 59 pts · 55d
Oh no better not publish that else you’ll give people ideas. Big huge ideas for those poor people affected by them.
MushuChupacabra@piefed.world · 50 pts · 55d
Good.
DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 55d
Even better if it hadn't been recovered.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 44 pts · 55d
Steve@startrek.website · 37 pts · 55d
I hope this doesn’t keep happening… that would be just awful.
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 33 pts · 54d
nofate@piefed.social · 22 pts · 55d
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 54d
No ice
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 55d
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:
vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 21 pts · 55d
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.
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 55d
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)
iconic_admin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 54d
Has anyone questioned this guy.
guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 54d
Data centers use VCRs?
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 54d
Sacrifices everything for the family.
Thrashy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
I heard the cop they sent to go undercover and bust him had too much fun at Race Wars.
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 55d
Was wondering when this was gonna start happening, guess it's has been happening for a while.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
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.
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 54d
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.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
I have wasted a significant portion of my adult life in warehouses. Most of them have very little security, sometimes physical barriers, but nothing that can't be defeated.
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 55d
I wonder what their eBay store is named
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 8 pts · 54d
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.
trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf · 8 pts · 55d
Play stupid games, win prizes. Its almost like ruining the future for many people makes them desperate to survive.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 54d
Ariselas@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 55d
Not all heroes wear capes
Dojan@pawb.social · 5 pts · 54d
Almost as excited for these guys as the Louvre heisters. The Louvre people had a little more panache.
justaman123@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
Remember when that whole deal devolved into focusing on that one kid with a special interest in fashion
Dojan@pawb.social · 2 pts · 54d
Nope! I've no idea what that is about.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 54d
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.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 54d
So they stole 256 GB of DDR5 ram modules?
blargh513@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 54d
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.
nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 54d
It's... it's not just trucks of RAM and GPUs?
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
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.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
It's not about the hardware. Its a message.
silver_wings_of_morning@feddit.dk · 0 pts · 54d
This will make the hardware cheaper