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Burglars break into Seattle Apple store

Posted Aug 25, 2007 at 7:03AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Tags: apple news, Apple Store, Seattle
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Apple Store - Image 1This may be a geek burglar's dream come true: breaking into an Apple store filled to the brim with laptops and iPhones. Unidentified robbers have broken into Seattle's Apple Store at University Village, swiping all laptops that were being serviced and refurbished iPhones in the office.

The Seattle police was first alerted of the heist on 4 a.m. last Monday when the store's alarm notified them of a rear entry, but there was no indication of anything out of the ordinary. The police finally checked out the site at 8 a.m., only to find the store in disarray.

A large hole was found in the technician's room's ceiling, and 20 cubicles were emptied of laptops. Even a high-end laptop was cut loose from its cable lock.

One of the more pressing problems aside from the burglary is identity theft, since there is a plethora of customers' personal information stored in the stolen serviced laptops, including credit card information. The Apple Store employees called their customers and notified them of the theft, but they refused to comment to the Seattle P-I reporters.

If your own laptop or wallet gets stolen, you're a potential victim of identity theft as well. Don't just report it to the police; immediately alert your credit card company and place a fraud alert as well. It's better to be safe than sorry.



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# yesGuest 2007-08-25 12:55
i think the person that robbed the apple store is far from being a geek a true geek would never steal something so inferior i hope the thugs who stole dem find out peoples personal info and kill their credit people have to pay the consequence of being so stupid no mater who steals my pc they will never get any of my personal info i hope the thieves kill apple customers we could do without yall losers anyway

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# HAGuest 2007-08-27 01:58
Are you implimenting that Windows security and file protection is better that Apples? HA!!! Youve got a crazy mind kid. Anyway, i guess the Iphones are a piece of crap considering that already they have refurbished ones!! lol.

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# your so stupidGuest 2007-08-28 02:56
when your spending so much money protecting nothing you lose sight of the fact that their are way more and better security alternatives to mac os and i dare you to challenge my security then maybe then ill believe that mac is better but it will never be true dont be mad because you spent more on a overated device and software geez are apple customers that uneducated

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# apple as a whole deserves thisGuest 2007-08-28 03:12
no matter what you idiot that buy macs think macs arent secure maybe the only thing keepin them virus free is the fact that not many people have those *****ty computersand *****ty devices but did i say virus free no not a chance man made devices arent perfect never will be look here then talk bout your inferior mac os security



http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/02/macosxleap.html

http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39167818,00.htm

http://www.blogd.com/archives/001206.html

most people that catch viruses is because they are dumb they download anything with lack of comon sense(apple customers)

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