GPU Thieves Tried To Rob Esport Hotel Of RTX 5080 By Replacing Them With RTX 3060 GPUs
The NVIDIA RTX 5080, the brand’s second most powerful consumer GPU, and definitely cheaper than the RTX 5090. For two thieves in China, they could’ve made a successful heist, were it not for a meddling power outage. We think it’s safe to say that in China, there is, for lack of a better way of […] The post GPU Thieves Tried To Rob Esport Hotel Of RTX 5080 By Replacing Them With RTX 3060 GPUs…
Two thieves in China attempted to rob an Esport hotel of their high-end NVIDIA RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 graphics cards. Their plan was to swap out the expensive Blackwell GPUs for older RTX 3060 cards, which would still function properly and go unnoticed by hotel staff. However, their scheme was foiled by a power outage that they inadvertently caused.
The suspects called the front desk after their room lost power, prompting electricians to investigate and discover pry marks on the desktop PCs. Hotel staff then inspected another room used by the thieves and found that the RTX 5080 GPUs had been replaced with RTX 3060 GPUs. The suspects were arrested and charged, having previously stolen close to RM50,000 worth of GPUs in other incidents.
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