# Air Canada IT Worker Uncovered Airport Gold Heist

> Air Canada IT worker helped solve Toronto airport gold heist mystery.
- Title: Air Canada IT Worker Uncovered Airport Gold Heist | Shortify
- Summary: Air Canada IT worker helped solve Toronto airport gold heist mystery. Air Canada IT specialist Joshua Priebe analyzed computer logs to uncover how thieves…
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- Source: Nationalpost — https://nationalpost.com/news/pearson-airport-gold-heist-trial
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## Joshua Priebe at trial
Air Canada technology specialist Joshua Priebe testified at court about how he helped uncover the Toronto Pearson airport gold heist.

> When we were down there we all got a message
## Heist details
Thieves stole a shipment of gold and cash worth more than $22 million from Air Canada's Toronto cargo warehouse in 2023.
## Priebe's role
Priebe was manager of application development and maintenance at Air Canada's Pearson airport cargo facility in 2023.
## IT analysis
Priebe analyzed over 400,000 lines of code from employee computer usage to find patterns matching how the heist could have been executed.
## How he solved it
Priebe tried to imagine how he would have executed the heist to understand the thief's methods and find the security breach.

> I tried to put myself in the mindset of how I would have done something like this
## Key takeaway

Air Canada IT specialist Joshua Priebe analyzed computer logs to uncover how thieves executed the $22 million Toronto Pearson airport gold heist in 2023.