News Thieves Remove CPUs From 13 PCs at Hong Kong Government Office

[Admin]

Thieves broke into a government office in Hong Kong and swiped all the system CPUs. This was probably a time-consuming theft, but made it easy to escape with the loot.

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[peachpuff]

What is it with all these computer component theft/smuggling in China? Is this heavily taxed there or what?

 

[bilibalaqualala]

Why left the RAM modules there? I supposed the RAM modules werelow hanging fruit when comparing with the heat sinks on the processors.

 

[xarmx]

The most possible reason why only the processor is because its not detectable until you turn on the PC. One could still left the CPU case open and sees that the RAM and storage still in tact but didn't realise that the processor under the heatsink fan is missing. Until they turn on the PC. A 10th gen processor could easily earn you at least $100 a piece. That's for i5. Anything i7 and above could well earn you $200 each at least.