Two individuals have been apprehended in China for a sophisticated GPU-swapping scheme targeting gaming hotels. The thieves would check into hotels, replace high-end RTX 5080 graphics cards with lower-end RTX 3060s, and sell the stolen cards for a profit. Their operation went unnoticed for days until a power outage led to the discovery of tampering with the PC cases, ultimately resulting in their arrest and the recovery of approximately $12,000 worth of stolen hardware. AI
RANK_REASON The story details a specific criminal act involving computer hardware, rather than a product release, research, or significant industry trend.
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