ashenwire@lemmus.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down13
arrow-up1457arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square81linkfedilink
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61·1 month 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-squareCarl@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 month agoApparently not that decent, because they were already caught
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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.
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month 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.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoand what is hidden in it.
minus-squareTransNeko@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agodude… have you seen the size of trackers nowadays?
Actually a decent way to move the loot.
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.
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?