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Data center cargo worth over $100M stolen via GPS spoofing and fake shipments

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Data center cargo worth over $100 million has been stolen since June through sophisticated theft operations. Criminals are hijacking freight broker accounts to create fake shipments and then sending trucking firms malicious links. By spoofing GPS tracking, they effectively divert the cargo, causing escorts to lose track of the valuable shipments. AI

IMPACT The theft of data center cargo could impact the availability and cost of AI infrastructure.

RANK_REASON The article discusses theft of data center cargo, which is tangentially related to AI infrastructure but not a core AI development or release.

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Data center cargo worth over $100M stolen via GPS spoofing and fake shipments

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    Thieves have made away with more than 100 million USD in data centre freight since June, investigators say, targeting servers, fibre-optic cables and memory chi

    Thieves have made away with more than 100 million USD in data centre freight since June, investigators say, targeting servers, fibre-optic cables and memory chips. They hijack freight broker accounts to post fake shipments and send trucking firms malicious links, then spoof GPS t…

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