Russian Engineers Arrested for Mining Bitcoin at Federal Nuclear Center
A team of Russian nuclear engineers have been arrested for allegedly using a powerful government supercomputer at the Federal Nuclear Center to mine Bitcoin. In a statement, the center’s press service said: “There has been an unsanctioned attempt to use computer facilities for private purposes including so-called mining.”
The supercomputer was not supposed to be connected to the internet — to prevent misuse — and once the scientists got online, the nuclear center&rs
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