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UK Team Steals Verizon Servers to Reveal Bankers' Mortgage Hacks

7/13/2026

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Terry Ellis was hired in the United Kingdom to steal 80 servers from Verizon’s King’s Cross data centre, which Verizon operates among 20 sites acquired via mergers.
His fixer Ray said a consultant for American bankers involved in mortgages commissioned the job.
Stolen servers allegedly contained files showing bankers’ circumvention of mortgage regulations.
Ellis added four technicians and a man, raising crew to ten because thieves lacked computer skills.

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Terry Ellis was hired in the United Kingdom to steal 80 servers from Verizon’s King’s Cross data centre, which Verizon operates among 20 sites acquired via mergers.
His fixer Ray said a consultant for American bankers involved in mortgages commissioned the job.
Stolen servers allegedly contained files showing bankers’ circumvention of mortgage regulations.
Ellis added four technicians and a man, raising crew to ten because thieves lacked computer skills.