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Russians arrested for 'mining Bitcoin' at nuclear facility
short by Deepali Aggarwal / on Saturday, 10 February, 2018
Several scientists working at Russia's top-secret nuclear facility have been arrested for using its supercomputers for private purposes including Bitcoin mining. The supercomputers were not supposed to be connected to the internet in order to prevent intrusion. However, when the scientists attempted to do so, the facility's authorities were alerted who launched a criminal case against them.
read more at The Guardian