Shop Talk
T-Mobile Got Jacked!
First, read this courtest of Boy Genius Report:
So here’s what we just heard: one of T-Mobile’s warehouses were broken into over the weekend and around 36,000 phones were stolen! The phones stolen are said to be worth around $8.2 million! Yeah peoples, not fun. What’s even crazier is that the majority of what was stolen were the Sidekick devices. T-Mobile’s actively tracking the IMEIs to see if any are activated on their network and is said to be working with law enforcement officials to trace the handsets to dealers that potentially activate them. Totally insane! Here’s the internal email to T-Mobile dealers, after the jump!
"Wanted to let you all know that one of our warehouses was broken into over the week...
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So here’s what we just heard: one of T-Mobile’s warehouses were broken into over the weekend and around 36,000 phones were stolen! The phones stolen are said to be worth around $8.2 million! Yeah peoples, not fun. What’s even crazier is that the majority of what was stolen were the Sidekick devices. T-Mobile’s actively tracking the IMEIs to see if any are activated on their network and is said to be working with law enforcement officials to trace the handsets to dealers that potentially activate them. Totally insane! Here’s the internal email to T-Mobile dealers, after the jump!
"Wanted to let you all know that one of our warehouses was broken into over the week...
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Odd that there is not GPS tracking for the crates or containers the phones are in.
I doubt they unloaded the boxes with that many phones.
My guess is that those phones will end up in foreign countries if not discovered beforehand.
I doubt they unloaded the boxes with that many phones.
My guess is that those phones will end up in foreign countries if not discovered beforehand.
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seriously- you have goods in a warehouse worth over 3 million dollars- and you have no form of armed guard- what a bunch of morons 🤣
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