Russia: Illegal Crypto Miner ‘Stole $225,000 From Grid’
An illegal crypto miner in Russia caused “considerable damage” to a local grid and stole around $225,000 worth of electricity, a power provider has claimed. Per the Russian legal publication Pravo, the miner allegedly si...
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Per the Russian legal publication Pravo, the miner allegedly siphoned off electricity from the grid in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, in the Sakhalin Oblast (in the Russian Far East)....
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