Thieves Steal Over $100 Million in Data Center Goods Using Account Takeovers and GPS Spoofing
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According to Ars Technica, citing NBC News, thieves have carried out a series of thefts targeting data center freight since June 2026, with losses exceeding $100 million. The methods include hijacking freight broker accounts through account takeover via malicious links to control bidding, and using GPS spoofing to evade cargo tracking. Stolen targets included servers, fiber optics, memory chips, and Bitcoin mining machines. Two stolen shipments in Illinois were valued at about $1.3 million; the goods stolen in the two largest cases remain unrecovered. Off-duty police officers escorting the cargo were also rammed by vehicles in an attack. The incidents are ongoing and the stolen goods have not yet been recovered.
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- Ars Technica · AIHighway thieves are spoofing GPS to steal millions in data center-bound cargo
According to NBC News, thieves have stolen over $100 million in data center cargo since June, using tactics including hacking freight broker accounts, planting malicious links for account takeover bidding, and GPS spoofing to evade tracking. Targets include servers, fiber optics, memory chips, and bitcoin miners; two stolen shipments in Illinois were valued at about $1.3 million, the goods in the two largest cases remain unrecovered, and off-duty police escorting cargo have even been hit in staged crashes.
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