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The hardware might be expensive but the data (if there's value to it) would likely be encrypted.

I'm sure you're correct, but encryption has never stopped movie villains. Kidnapping and coercion is usually the plot device used

Well, I'd say it's 50/50 kidnapping and coercion vs a hacker spending an hour breaking in to the systems.

An hour and a half if it's double encrypted.