The Apple Store in Charlotte’s Northlake Mall is presumably like any other: clean, crisp, tidy. But underneath the pristine veneer, an unidentified employee spent nearly six weeks stealing iPhone after iPhone from the Genius Room. Twenty-five handsets, to be precise, worth $US16,425 retail. Steal different!
Michael Harper, 36, was in the middle of robbing a power substation when he decided, hey, why not urinate on the power transformer. The transformer exploded, Harper caught on fire, and 2000 people lost power. Dunce.
Ken McLellan’s iPad was stolen in December. That sucks, but there’s not much you can do about it. Except now he’s started getting Photo Stream uploads on his iMac from the wayward iPad, and he’s trying to use the pics to track down his tablet and maybe the thieves.
Sneakers, the film about a team of hackers and social engineers who break into banks just to test their security, isn’t just a film. People really do get to do that for a living — people like Moran Cerf. Here’s how he held up a bank without breaking a law.
Are you the type who likes to get blotto and ride public transport home late at night? Congratulations, you are a gadget thief’s favourite target! The New York Post reports that the NYPD is training a new squadron of drunk-impersonators to bust them.
You know how you feel slightly nervous when you’re flagged for a random customs screening? Even when you haven’t done anything wrong? Imagine carrying stolen tech, $US30,000 cash and documents from the Chinese government? Listen, guys, I can explain!
