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Theft of AI equipment hits $150m in 2026, with fraud responsible for 92% of incidents – report
Reports of stolen data center equipment up 34 percent since 2024, cargo risk management firm Overhaul said
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Ukraine's Atesh attacks comms tower in Russia's Belgorod region
The facility housed a repeater used by the Russian military for drones, says Atesh
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Thieves repeatedly steal copper and tools from Culpeper data center construction site
Two masked men wanted by local sheriffs
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UK gov't looks to introduce tougher prison sentences and unlimited fines to subsea cable saboteurs
Current legislation on subsea cable damage dates back to 1885
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Russian finance ministry data center struck by Ukrainian forces
Another data center damaged in conflict
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Russian forces destroy GigaCenter data center in Kyiv, Ukraine
As Ukrainian forces attack telecoms facilities in Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk
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Cable theft causes Openreach broadband outage for thousands in Thurnscoe, UK
Thieves caused disruption while hunting for copper
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Ballistic strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, leaves Datagroup data center inoperable
Latest in a tête-à-tête of data center strikes
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Authorities in Lithuania foil arson plot against Starlink satellite gateway station
Comes after recent attacks against Starlink infrastructure in Poland and Bulgaria
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Russian official proposes data centers in disused coal mines to protect from drone strikes
Prolonged Ukrainian strikes rattle Russian government
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VK data center near St. Petersburg, Russia, struck by drone
Another Russian tech firm hit
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Rostelecom: Russia needs “doomsday” data center to combat Ukrainian strikes
Comments made by Rostelecom VP reveal centralization issue
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Two masked men set fire to 11 Starlink antennas in Bulgaria
Follows a similar fire in Poland last month
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Two Turkish nationals arrested over Russian-linked arson attack against Starlink ground station in Poland
Starlink ground station site was attacked last month in Mazovia
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Sberbank data center in Russia struck by Ukrainian military
Bank confirms attack, doesn't detail scale of damage
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Russian military takes out more Ukrainian data centers
Military takes down ISP in Odesa, claims facility was serving Ukrainian armed forces
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Another data center in Kyiv taken offline by Russian strikes
Dline.ua facility taken down, follows strikes on numerous others data centers in the city
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Russian drones enter into Moldovan airspace, collides with comms tower
After the collision the drone exploded
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Russian drones strike Ukrainian telcos and data center operators as part of targeted attacks
Kyivstar's HQ in Kyiv was struck in latest attack on capital
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AWS “unable to restore access” to data centers hit by Iran strikes
Damage exceeded what availability zone-design designed to withstand
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Russian drone attack hits Kyivstar office in Ukraine
The telco confirms nobody was injured
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Police arrest man for vandalizing cell tower in Hawkins County, Tennessee
As the investigation remains ongoing
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Two men arrested over copper theft in Lyon County, Kentucky
Follows an investigation into several copper theft reports
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Verizon offers $25,000 reward to curb California fiber attacks
As the carrier seeks to bring vandals behind Sunday's outage to justice
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Y Combinator-backed Impact Drones to offer missile-intercepting drone service for data centers and grid operators
Following several strikes on data centers in US-Israel and Iran conflict
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Three men caught stealing copper wire from data center construction site in Loudoun County, Virginia
All charged with grand larceny
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Man found trapped underneath elevator in Google data center in Iowa, taken to hospital - report
Local fire department said man sustained serious injuries
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Police respond to cell tower fire in St John's, Newfoundland, one of six arson attacks in city over weekend
As investigators try to determine those behind these attacks