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by johngalt
5845 days ago
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The police won't do anything. We had a laptop theft where someone just walked into our building and started picking up laptops. He basically said "hey I'm from IT and we are upgrading, I'm picking up old laptops and then you'll get a new one in a couple hours." He walked out with 14 laptops. We had him on camera, multiple witnesses. Our security found the ebay account where they were being sold and even tricked the guy into providing his address. We provided this to the police. All they would have had to do is go arrest him, but they wouldn't lift a finger. Conversely, I worked for a bank for a year. And one night the ATM alarm was accidentally tripped, and the police where there in minutes with guns out. The ATM only had about $10K in it, and the fourteen laptops represented a loss of $30k. Q: So why was there response so much more aggressive for the ATM? A: The banks pay big $$ to the local police departments to get that kind of response. |
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The guy who stole these 14 laptops should get arrested, go to prison, then come out and become a best selling author on the topic of Social Engineering (which means he'll sell 1,000 copies, but still, a good use of his craft).
That being said, did it really represent a gross loss of $30k? A $2k laptop is worth $1,200 the moment you open the box. Were they old laptops? Mostly depreciated? $10k in an ATM is always worth $10k.