内容来源：https://www.wired.com/story/thieves-stole-nvidia-trailers-they-got-20-tons-of-sand/

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一起离奇的自动驾驶卡车拖车盗窃案近日在加州发生，被盗物品令人意外——两辆拖车内装载的是约4万磅（约1.8万公斤）沙子。

据警方通报，上周四上午，自动驾驶卡车开发商PlusAI的一名高管收到熟人发来的祝贺短信，称在加州纽瓦克市其工作地点附近看到了两辆PlusAI的卡车。然而，该公司表示这些拖车本应停放在半英里外的仓库外。随后警方赶到现场，协助找回了两辆印有PlusAI和英伟达标志的拖车。英伟达是全球市值最高的公司，正与PlusAI在AI软件和自动驾驶卡车技术方面开展合作。

PlusAI发言人Lauren Kwan表示，拖车内装的是用于研发测试的模拟载荷——“4万磅沙子完好无损”。据悉，PlusAI的技术卡车车头停放在仓库内，未被盗走。拖车用手动锁固定，但锁具已被破坏。

弗里蒙特警察局发言人Amy Gee表示，案件正在调查中，目前尚未有人被捕。英伟达未立即回应置评请求。

值得注意的是，此案发生之际，针对高价值计算机设备的盗窃案正呈上升趋势，尤其是数据中心使用的芯片和其他电子产品。今年8月，《连线》杂志披露了加州两起案件，窃贼蓄意袭击护送高价值科技货物的安保车辆，随后将卡车开往其他地点，数百万美元的数据中心设备至今未追回。今年以来，特斯拉电池和各种比特币矿机也成为盗窃目标。当局在部分案件中已逮捕嫌疑人，但许多案件仍未侦破。

据分析和风险评估公司Verisk CargoNet的数据，近几个月来美国货物盗窃最常见的目标包括金属以及企业级计算机和网络设备。

此案最终有一个较为圆满的结局。弗里蒙特警方表示，截至上周四下午，装载沙子的拖车已归还PlusAI。

中文翻译：

周四早上，自动驾驶卡车开发商PlusAI的一位高管意外收到了一位熟人发来的祝贺短信。“我一直为你感到骄傲，为你在Plus的冒险和成功感到骄傲。刚刚在我工作地点附近看到了两辆你们的卡车！：）”短信中写道。

但PlusAI的卡车本不该出现在这个人办公室附近——位于加利福尼亚州纽瓦克市。据公司最后所知，这些挂车停放在半英里外公司仓库外面。不久后，据警方声明，警察赶到现场协助找回这两辆挂车，车身上印有PlusAI和英伟达（全球市值最高的公司）的标志。这两家公司正在合作开发AI软件和自动驾驶卡车技术。

就在这时，PlusAI员工向警方提供了一个线索，解释了为什么有人把牵引车头挂上这些挂车后开走，却在撬开挂车之后可能放弃了整个行动：每辆挂车里装满了约两万磅沙子。

“PlusAI在挂车中使用模拟载荷来辅助研发测试，”公司发言人Lauren Kwan表示。这些挂车被找回时，“四万磅沙子完好无损。”

Kwan说，PlusAI的技术改装卡车驾驶室——司机通常坐在那里操控车辆——停放在公司仓库内，并未被偷走。挂车用手动锁固定，锁已被破坏。

弗里蒙特警察局发言人Amy Gee表示，此案正在调查中，尚未有人被捕。

英伟达未立即回应置评请求。

这一事件发生之际，针对高价值计算机设备的盗窃案正在增加，尤其是用于数据中心的芯片和其他电子产品。今年8月，《连线》杂志披露了加州两起案件，窃贼蓄意撞击负责护送高价值科技货物、确保其安全抵达目的地的安保车辆，随后将涉事卡车开往另一地点。截至8月，车上价值数百万美元的数据中心设备仍未找回。

今年，窃贼还将目标对准了特斯拉电池和各类比特币矿机。当局已在部分案件中逮捕了嫌疑人，但许多案件仍未侦破。

据分析和风险评估公司Verisk CargoNet称，近几个月来美国货运盗窃最常见的目标包括金属以及企业级计算机和网络设备。

这个故事的结局还算圆满。弗里蒙特警察局表示，截至周四下午，运沙挂车已归还PlusAI。

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英文来源：

On Thursday morning, a top executive at self-driving truck developer PlusAI received an unexpected congratulatory text message from an acquaintance. “I have been proud of you for your adventure and success at Plus. Just saw two of your trucks near my work place! :)” the message said.
But PlusAI’s trucks weren’t supposed to be near this person’s office, in Newark, California. As of the last the company knew, the trailers were docked outside its warehouse, half a mile away. Soon, according to a police statement, cops were on the scene to help recover the two trailers, emblazoned with logos for PlusAI and Nvidia, the most valuable company in the world. The two companies are working together on AI software and autonomous truck technology.
That’s when PlusAI employees gave police a hint as to why whoever hooked their own cabs up to the trailers and drove away might have abandoned the whole thing after breaking them open: Each trailer was full of about 20,000 pounds of sand.
“PlusAI uses simulated loads in its trailers to assist with research and development testing,” says Lauren Kwan, a company spokesperson. The trailers were recovered with “40,000 pounds of sand intact.”
PlusAI’s tech-enabled truck cabs—where the driver typically sits and controls the vehicle—were parked inside its warehouse and weren’t taken, Kwan says. The trailers were secured with hand locks, which were broken.
The case is under investigation, and no arrests have been made, says Amy Gee, a spokesperson for the Fremont Police Department.
Nvidia didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The incident comes at a time of rising theft targeting high-value computer equipment, especially chips and other electronics meant for use in data centers. In August, WIRED revealed two California incidents in which thieves deliberately struck the vehicles of security escorts that follow high-value tech loads to ensure they reach their destinations. The trucks involved were then driven to another destination. As of August, millions of dollars of data center equipment onboard had not been recovered.
This year, thieves have also targeted Tesla batteries and various bitcoin mining machines. Authorities have arrested suspects in some cases, but many crimes remain unsolved.
Some of the most common targets of cargo theft in recent months across the US include metals and enterprise-grade computer and networking equipment, according to Verisk CargoNet, an analytics and risk assessment firm.
This story has a happier ending. By Thursday afternoon, the sand trailers were back with PlusAI, the Fremont Police Department said.
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