Brazen Bandits Pillage 3,000 Laptops from Military Facility
Brazen Bandits Pillage 3,000 Laptops from Military Facility
Posted 07/15/2010 at 5:38am
| by Paul Lilly
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According to a report in the St. Petersburg Times, seven men broke into iGov Technologies during a weekend when no one was around and made off with 3,000 Panasonic Toughbook laptops and other electronics. iGov is a military contractor for the Special Operations Command, a unified unit of elite fighting forces trained in unconventional warfare, among other things.
The thieves gained entry through the roof and had unfettered access for nine hours, during which time they loaded thousands of electronic equipment into two semitrailer trucks. What exactly was on the laptops remains a mystery.
iGov, which is headquartered in McLean, Va., was awarded a $450 million contract by the Department of Defense to supply mobile technology services to special operations troops around the globe. The good news here is that the FBI and Miami-Dade Police Department were able to recover 1,911 stolen items from a warehouse in Miami.
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johnnyathm1
July 16, 2010 at 12:01am
The amount of product stolen, the time of day, and the technique/methodology of the heist definitely suggests an inside man. Be it an employee with information or an associate of one, you can rest assured they are currently looking for the deepest hole the can find and trying to wait this out. I also have to agree that this in no way reflects on the military customer...This is most definitely a company debacle.
K0BALT
July 15, 2010 at 8:57am
I'm def gonna scan through eBay for one of these puppies to surface.
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igoka
July 15, 2010 at 6:48am
3000 ???? " elite fighting forces trained in unconventional warfare " My ass !!!! They couldn't even protect they own stuff .
Paul_Lilly
July 15, 2010 at 7:40am
This wasn't a direct hit on the Special Operations Command, but one of its contractors (iGov Technologies).
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