Either they(Maxim) are under-estimating the intelligent level of the thief
or insulting the recepients of their news.

The theives or rather the robbers were desperate but certainly  not stupid.
Their favorites are Intel CPUs, somehow they managed to target the
passanger-cars driven by the FAEs or the Sale-engineers.  This tell how much
they know and how much they have researched.

Ling SM

> I'm sure it's a real problem for them.  If the number is too low, there's
> little hazard to the 'dark gray market' buyer.  If it's too high, their
> insurance company won't pay off as well.  If it has too many decimal
places
> in it, they'll get laughed out of all the circles of serious statisticians
> (and anybody else who is paying attention).  Frankly, I think they called
it
> too high for believability.

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