Highway thieves spoof GPS to steal data centre cargo
What happened
On 27 October 2026, Ars Technica reported that investigators have disclosed a series of robberies targeting shipments of data centre equipment: highway thieves used GPS spoofing to falsify location signals and misdirect freight vehicles off their planned routes before robbing them, with the equipment involved worth about $100 million. The report describes the method as falsifying location signals to misdirect freight vehicles off their routes before robbing them, but does not give the specific time, location, people involved or the state of the investigation. So far this is the only report on the incident, with no follow-up.
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- Ars Technica · AIHighway thieves are spoofing GPS to steal millions in data center-bound cargo
Investigators explain how highway thieves stole $100M in data center equipment.
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