Highway thieves are spoofing GPS to steal millions in data center-bound cargo

Highway thieves are using sophisticated digital tactics to steal millions of dollars in data center equipment, including servers, fiber-optic cables, and bitcoin mining machines, by hacking freight brokers' accounts and spoofing tracking coordinates to evade digital monitoring. They often use fake driver's licenses to hire accomplices or trick real delivery drivers into collecting the cargo. The stolen goods are then resold by drivers working with the thieves. Investigators report that over $100 million in data center freight has been stolen since June, with some individual thefts valued at $1 million or more. In one case, trailers were found to contain $300,000 worth of copper wire spools and $1 million in custom-made data center modular power solutions equipment. The thefts have raised concerns that Americans may be broadly harmed by the loss of data center equipment, which is critical to the AI industry. The thieves' tactics are sophisticated and make it easy to rob trucks carrying expensive data center equipment. The stolen goods may be resold by drivers working with the thieves, and the loss of data center equipment could have a significant impact on the AI industry and potentially harm Americans who rely on it.