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...
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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