AI hardware is becoming such a valuable target that criminals are now stealing entire shipments of GPUs and servers before they even reach data centers.
Since June, more than $100 million worth of data-center equipment has been stolen.
The thieves are using some pretty sophisticated methods:
-Hacking freight accounts and pretending to be legitimate trucking companies.
-Using fake identities and paperwork to take control of shipments.
-Spoofing GPS signals to hide where the cargo is actually going.
-Even using hit-and-runs against security vehicles to steal shipments.
In one case, thieves stole around $13 million worth of servers after deliberately crashing into the vehicle escorting the shipment.
92% of the high-value tech thefts studied by cargo-security company Overhaul involved deception rather than brute force.