In the Kiev region, a mining farm stole 500,000 hryvnias of electric energy

Another mining farm was discovered near Kiev, illegally connected to a transformer in the village of NovoselkiVyshgorod district.

Cyber ​​Police Department investigators conductedseizure of illegally installed equipment for cryptocurrency mining. The circle of responsible persons, according to the police, has already been established, but has not yet been disclosed. At the moment, it is unknown what crypto-asset the attackers made money from. 

According to preliminary estimates, the mining farm stole half a million hryvnias of electricity.

Organizers face up to three years in prison for illegal connection to the power grid and theft of public electricity.

Amid falling profitability of legal mining,underground cryptocurrency mining is booming all over the world. In Ukraine, an ex-official of the Lviv Railway will face trial for mining cryptocurrencies at the expense of the state.

In Russia, director of the regional post officeOf Russia ”in Mineralnye Vody is suspected of illegally installing“ professional mining equipment ”and extracting cryptocurrencies from the company's electricity grid. Chinese law enforcement officers discovered an illegal mining farm located in underground graves.

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