Two pallets of ZOTAC RTX 5090 GPUs worth $470,000 stolen at Brazilian airport

According to a Reddit post, two pallets of ZOTAC RTX 5090 graphics cards worth about $470,000 disappeared at a Brazilian airport, highlighting theft risks for high-value AI hardware in logistics.

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