According to DNAInfo, the man used the same MO: he also dressed up as an employee to get into the backroom and nab $16,130 worth of devices. He and an accomplice simply stuffed the phones in their shirts and walked out. As Gizmodo notes, Cupertino's new uniforms might be to blame. The company used to make its store personnel wear themed shirts for every new product launch or for every season.

Last year, however, retail chief Angela Ahrendts introduced permanent blue shirts with tiny Apple logos, which are pretty easy to dupe or to buy online. While smaller stores will obviously be harder to infiltrate, the company's larger locations remain susceptible to the same scheme until it imposes tougher security measures.