Thieves drill into German bank vault and make off with millions

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/thieves-drill-into-german-bank-vault-make-off-with-millions-2025-12-30/

29 Comments

  1. Geeze, the bold French Crown Jewels heist, now this. I just need one more tomorrow to finish my 2025 bingo card.

  2. Very similar to the Hatton Harden heist in London about ten years ago.

    Sucks that it’s safety deposit boxes, a lot of that stuff won’t be insured.

  3. You can see the mounting holes for the core drill they used. Its like 5 to 10kusd. Is this what they mean when they say you need to spend money to make money?

  4. “Drilled” like saying using home power tools from the garage.
    Explosives would’ve been quicker but getting through that wall would’ve taken either a jackhammer or a few hammer-drills with massive bits followed by sledgehammers.
    Somewhat quieter but the sound would’ve lasted much longer.
    The real heist is the knowledge of where the vault weakness was, discovering that, it was just a matter of time.

  5. GardenGnomeOfEden on

    So this isn’t the government -insured money that just gets replaced, it’s a bunch of individuals’ heirlooms and stuff. These guys are dicks.

  6. Brief-Mulberry-3839 on

    I don’t understand how they have been able to open 90% of the safes without an alarm!