Reply to: Data centre looted in multimillion pound overnight heist

[Diver]

Diver - why did you drop 2 boxes in reception? Bit careless wasn't it...

AtW said his KGB contacts didn't want those bits

[Sysman]

Apparently the stuff taken is worthless without the frame - the frame and memory go as a pair and are hand crafted.

Wild speculation maybe, but a fully loaded pair of these would have weighed in at those kind of prices when new 5 years ago. Or some 64 CPU Suns, or some suitably large lumps of IBM iron.

[BrilloPad]

Now I've got the gear, On with the plan to strip the bank accounts of all those suckers listed on the 2 disks I nicked off that courier

Diver - why did you drop 2 boxes in reception? Bit careless wasn't it...

[Diver]

Now I've got the gear, On with the plan to strip the bank accounts of all those suckers listed on the 2 disks I nicked off that courier

[BrilloPad]

MI6 or CIA. Hang on, someone is knocking on the door, brb...

I reckon some security guard told their mates that the stuff is worth millions. Which it cost to buy. But they haven't properly researched the fence.

Should have asked Accenture in...

[AtW]

So its not the KGB. But who is it?

MI6 or CIA. Hang on, someone is knocking on the door, brb...

[BrilloPad]

If good folks of KGB knew exactly where and what large assets a particular person keeps in the West, they can easily convince that person that it will be in his best interests to share these assets with certain high positioned KGB people.

I am not suggesting that this raid is in any way KGB related - all I am saying is that recent activities of KGB has lead me to conclusion that they will gladly pay for this information millions because using this information will allow them to extract hundreds of millions from Russian citizens who may be on those hard disks.

Understand now?

Most IB trades are with other IBs or hedge funds. If it was the KGB they would have picked a hedge fund with high net worth individuals. Security far less and, as you say, rich pickings.

So its not the KGB. But who is it?

[AtW]

surely not! What would they do with it?

If good folks of KGB knew exactly where and what large assets a particular person keeps in the West, they can easily convince that person that it will be in his best interests to share these assets with certain high positioned KGB people.

I am not suggesting that this raid is in any way KGB related - all I am saying is that recent activities of KGB has lead me to conclusion that they will gladly pay for this information millions because using this information will allow them to extract hundreds of millions from Russian citizens who may be on those hard disks.

Understand now?

[BrilloPad]

KGB will pay well for this information

surely not! What would they do with it?

only posible thing I can think of is ripping apart the blades and selling the components - and I cant see them getting much back.

[AtW]

Are you protecting you or me?

KGB will pay well for this information

[BrilloPad]

You don't need to know this

Are you protecting you or me?

[AtW]

such as? how would they use it?

You don't need to know this

[BrilloPad]

There are bigger people who would love to have this kind of data.

such as? how would they use it?

[AtW]

There are bigger people who would love to have this kind of data.

[BrilloPad]

Information about clients and amounts they deal with is worth a lot to certain people

Only an IB/hedge fund would be interested in the positions of another IB. Traders are crooks but they are white collar criminals. Which is rarely caught and seldom convicted (except in the USA). No trader would get involved in anything blue collar.

The kit costs alot to buy but will be hard to fence.