Highway Thieves Steal Over $100M in Data Center Equipment Since June
Thieves using GPS spoofing, hacked freight broker accounts, and staged robberies of escorted trucks have stolen more than $100 million in servers and chips bound for data centers in the U.S. since June, according to trucking and security experts interviewed by NBC News.
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| Oct 27, 6:10 AM | qz.com | Highway thieves have stolen more than $100 million in data center equipment since June |
| Oct 27, 2:40 AM | tomshardware.com | Data center gear is being hijacked in transit to the tune of hundreds of millions |
| Oct 26, 10:05 PM | techmeme.com | Experts: since June, $100M+ in US data center freight has been stolen; in two successful heists, robbers struck escorts protecting trucks hauling $10M+ in goods (Lisa Cavazuti/NBC News) |
| Oct 26, 10:26 AM | arstechnica.com | Highway thieves are spoofing GPS to steal millions in data center-bound cargo |