Authorities recover $1.3 million worth of data center supplies and equipment in a truck stop near Chicago. Equipment like this is a prime target for theft rings given its high value, but it's also likely difficult to sell given its specialized nature.
  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    141·
    26 days ago

    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.

  • Smaile@lemmy.ca
    121·
    25 days ago

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

    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
      2·
      25 days ago

      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
        21·
        24 days ago

        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·
          24 days ago

          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.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    24 days 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.

  • blargh513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    25 days ago

    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.

    • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
      3·
      25 days 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.