Subrosa supercomputer stripping

Cory Doctorow 8:12 am Thu Feb 21, 2002

Thieves stole #2,000,000 worth of custom high-performance supercomputer components from a British research project that was simulating the Universe's birth. The thieves stole the parts in a series of four raids over three months.

[Said] Professor Frenk: "…any suggestion that these processors will find their way to terrorists who will use them to create weapons of mass destruction is pure speculation.

"There is no evidence for that. What we do know is that the thieves were highly professional and they knew exactly what they were after."

Some experts are speculating that the circuit boards will find their way abroad as anyone in the UK with a computer sophisticated enough to use them would attract attention.

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