Mar
13
2009
World’s biggest diamond heist foiled by friendship
Wired Magazine offers a fascinating story about the man who orchestrated the 2003 $100M break-in of the Antwerp Diamond Center’s Titanic-like vault. The vault itself was 3 feet thick and protected by 10 layers of security — including infrared heat detectors foiled by oily hairspray and a magnetic field tricked by double sided tape. The [...]
