SBU discovered a large underground mining farm in Vinnitsa – Bits Media

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) discovered the largest currently clandestine mining farm in the premises of Vinnytsiaoblenergo. Cryptocurrencies were mined for more than 5 000 devices.

According to law enforcement officers, organizers of illegal mining Farms were residents of Kyiv and Vinnitsa. A non -automated connection to the Vinnitsooblenergo networks was used to power equipment, And the monthly damage from the activities of miners was before 19 million rubles.

Interesting, that for the production of cryptocurrencies, not ASIC-Mainers were used, And Sony PlayStation game consoles 4. They were seized 3 800 things. Also, operatives seized more 500 video cards, 50 system units and other devices.

It is worth noting, that using marining prefixes is extremely difficult and ineffective, so, With a high probability, mining was carried out only on farms with video cards. The prefixes were used to support bots in various online games.

Of course, Such a large mining farm could not act without permission from the leadership of the energy company. SBU is now engaged in checking. A criminal case was pre -instituted in terms of 2 Articles 188-1 (“The abduction of water, electric or thermal energy through its unauthorized use ") Criminal Code of Ukraine.

At the end of May, the case of illegal mining was sent to the Komi Republic.. A resident of Syktyvkar illegally used electricity in the amount 5.5 million rubles for cryptocurrency mining.