Move over stolen catalytic converters!

From William Gibson's novel Neuromancer written in 1984 depicting a future where stealing RAM out of computer and selling it on the black market is a regular occurrence:

"Case took the pink handset from its cradle and punched a Hongkong number from memory. He let it ring five times, then hung up. His buyer for the three megabytes of hot RAM in the Hitachi wasn't taking calls."