this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2026
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What a weird crime.
This is like stealing hospital equipment, sure it's high value, but who are you going to sell it to that isn't going to ask questions?
I can see corporate espionage making sense, one AI company stealing chips from another AI company but it doesn't seem like these guys had a buyer.
eyes homelab suspiciously
There's a black market for export to China but they'd need to already have contacts or involvement for that to work.
Although ot would be way funnier to see unobtainium enterprise gear end up on ebay lol.