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Highway robbers are targeting trucks carrying data center components.

The Verge •
October 27, 2026 • 01:58 PM
• By Marina Galperina
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NBC news reports that that accelerated data center construction across the country is creating new opportunities for heists that involve phishing, corporate identity theft, and car-ramming. > Truckloads of costly equipment like servers, fiber-optic cables, computer memory chips, copper wires and bitcoin mining machines crisscrossing America’s highways have become prime targets for organized criminal groups looking for big payoffs, according to law enforcement and industry experts.

Highway robbers are targeting trucks carrying data center components.

NBC news reports that that accelerated data center construction across the country is creating new opportunities for heists that involve phishing, corporate identity theft, and car-ramming.

Truckloads of costly equipment like servers, fiber-optic cables, computer memory chips, copper wires and bitcoin mining machines crisscrossing America’s highways have become prime targets for organized criminal groups looking for big payoffs, according to law enforcement and industry experts.

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