ashenwire@lemmus.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoUS Customs supervisor busted for stealing Core i7 CPUs, RAM, and hard drives from Homeland Security PCs, damage estimated at $105,800 — stolen tech swapped with inferior hardware and cashed out on Newwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUS Customs supervisor busted for stealing Core i7 CPUs, RAM, and hard drives from Homeland Security PCs, damage estimated at $105,800 — stolen tech swapped with inferior hardware and cashed out on Newwww.tomshardware.comashenwire@lemmus.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square70linkfedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days ago They replaced the stolen parts with inferior hardware and exchanged the stolen equipment through Newegg’s trade-in program for store credit. Actually a decent way to move the loot.
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoSo if you buy a used i7 processor from Newegg, there’s a non-zero chance that who knows what went through it
minus-squareTransNeko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agodude… have you seen the size of trackers nowadays?
minus-squareCarl@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoApparently not that decent, because they were already caught
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoThe thing that caught them was secret cameras, not tracing the parts back through a reseller. This worked well enough it didn’t raise any flags with the feds who were looking for abnormalities.
Actually a decent way to move the loot.
So if you buy a used i7 processor from Newegg, there’s a non-zero chance that who knows what went through it
and what is hidden in it.
In a CPU?
dude… have you seen the size of trackers nowadays?
Apparently not that decent, because they were already caught
The thing that caught them was secret cameras, not tracing the parts back through a reseller. This worked well enough it didn’t raise any flags with the feds who were looking for abnormalities.