Shaq's new ride gets jaq'ed in haq attaq

[erronis]

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/26/shaq_haq_attaq/

Posting because I enjoy The Register's use of alliteration (or whatever it's called.)

Former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal is 7'1" (215 cm), and therefore uses car customization companies to modify vehicles to fit his frame. But it appears cybercriminals have targeted Shaq’s preferred motor-modder.

According to a report from last week, Effortless Motors – which was modifying a Range Rover for O'Neal before shipping it from Atlanta to Louisiana – lost track of the vehicle after it was picked up for transport. The company later confirmed to TMZ that a cyberattack on the org that was supposed to transport the vehicle led to its vanishing in transit.

"This was a highly coordinated criminal act targeting the transport company's network," Effortless told TMZ. "We are working closely with law enforcement and federal investigators to recover the vehicle and hold those responsible accountable."

If they aren't die-hard collectors, the thieves might have a tough time fencing such a highly-customized vehicle on the black market, but hey – that wasn't exactly the most brazen recent theft of a hard-to-pawn object.

[rubbersole]

1. A whole new meaning to the term "Hack-a-Shaq".

My son was an Orlando Magic ball boy during the Shaq-Penny Hardaway era. Anybody want 300 VCR tapes of '90s era Magic games?

[quaint]

2. Ransom the vehicle?

(Shaking my head that I am more than two feet shorter than Shaq.)