$11.4 Million in Nvidia Hardware Stolen in Heist

A sophisticated cargo theft in California and an airport heist in Brazil have resulted in millions of dollars in missing Nvidia hardware.

A sophisticated cargo heist resulted in the theft of six pallets of hardware valued at $11.4 million. The shipment departed Oakland for Texas on August 29 via a truck posing as a food transport company before vanishing in .

The received a formal theft report on September 13 following the disappearance. Separately, two pallets of Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 cards worth $470,000 were stolen from São Paulo's on September 25.

Brazilian police have identified three airport employees suspected of bypassing electronic controls to remove the pallets. A stolen RTX 5090 card from that shipment later appeared on the OLX marketplace with a listing price exceeding $6,000.