Re:Maker of ATM bombing tutorials blew himself up – European...
by musicale on Saturday October 02, 2021 @09:09PM
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> Last year, I saw a couple of guys at 3.00am at my street (twijnstraat) drive in a moped blow up a door of a graphics studio and steal all the digital equipments, Macs, etc.
There is an ongoing arms race/feud of sorts between Apple Stores, which sport beautiful glass facades, and thieves with SUVs, which they use for drive-in theft.
It's puzzling to me though since so many of the pilfered devices are display models which are supposed to brick themselves after removal, etc.. Perhaps they are sold to people who break them down and resell the components, or shipped abroad for remanufacturing/resale (and avoidance of IMEI blocks.)
Apple, for its part, just rebuilds (and possibly reinforces) the facades, perhaps adding some steel bollards or concrete barriers until the next drive-in.
There is an ongoing arms race/feud of sorts between Apple Stores, which sport beautiful glass facades, and thieves with SUVs, which they use for drive-in theft.
It's puzzling to me though since so many of the pilfered devices are display models which are supposed to brick themselves after removal, etc.. Perhaps they are sold to people who break them down and resell the components, or shipped abroad for remanufacturing/resale (and avoidance of IMEI blocks.)
Apple, for its part, just rebuilds (and possibly reinforces) the facades, perhaps adding some steel bollards or concrete barriers until the next drive-in.