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Thieves Clean Out Apple Store in Half a Minute

by - source: Tom's Hardware US

This is what happens when you leave fully operational, untethered laptops out on display overnight.

ABC has security footage from the recently looted Apple store in Marlton, NJ. The 2 a.m. raid took place earlier this week and lasted all of 31 seconds. Now, half a minute isn't exactly a long time when you're trying to steal electronics from a store, especially one with CCTV cameras and a security guard that does regular rounds. However, it looks like 31 seconds is plenty of time if the electronics you plan on stealing are plugged into handy-dandy magsafe adapters and nothing else.

Hit the link below to watch the video that shows five guys chuck a brick through the glass door, rush in and collect 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPod Touches. The on-duty security guard rushes onto the empty crime scene moments after the suspects have left, though the reporter does say the thieves motioned to him that they had a gun, so we're not exactly sure he can be blamed for staying out of the whole thing.

Watch the video here.

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strangestranger 03/09/2009 17:59
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I don't know what is worse, they were actually that easy to steal or someone actually thought they were worth stealing.

millalyte 03/09/2009 18:06
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Mac Book Air . . . Hacked in 2 minutes

Apple Store . . . Taken down in 31 seconds

Look on Apple's face when they lost over $50,000 worth of product . . . Frickin awesome!

ukcal 03/09/2009 20:21
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Shop security? Shit, there isn't an app for that.

tinnerdxp 07/09/2009 14:47
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brilliant... although disgusting... why would anyone steal this junk?

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