In China seized 600 devices for mining. They could steal from the Icelandic miners
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Yesterday, the organizer of the largest theft in the history of mining, Thor Stefansson, Icelandic jail. He stole 600 computers and even thousands of pieces of equipment for mining cryptocurrency. It seems that the burglar managed to sell part of the loot. 600 computers allegedly stolen by criminal, discovered in China. About it writes .
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Police seized the device in the province of Tianjin after he noticed an unusually high energy consumption in one of the abandoned factories. In addition, the farm was seized eight powerful fans designed for cooling devices.
In a police report it is noted that the owners of the farm did not pay for electricity. For several months they had stolen the energy for a few thousand yuan. The names of the miners were not disclosed.
As the newspaper notes, the Chinese authorities have not officially confirmed that the seized computers belonged to the miners from Iceland. The importation of equipment for mining cryptocurrency in China is prohibited. Therefore, the probability that entrepreneurs bought Stefansson stolen cars and illegally imported them into the country is quite high.
Meanwhile, the owner of the stolen equipment has a reward of 60 thousand dollars for any information about the stolen device.
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