Around 600 powerful devices specifically designed for mining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been stolen from Icelandic data centers in what has been dubbed the "Big Bitcoin Heist."
To make a profit, so far criminals have hacked cryptocurrency exchanges, spread mining malware, and ransomware—and even kidnapped cryptocurrency investors for ransom and tried to rob a bitcoin exchange, but now the greed has reached another level.
The powerful computers are estimated to be worth around $2 million, Associated Press reports, and are used to generate cryptocurrency that at the time of this writing are worth $11,500 each.
The thefts, which also included burglary of 600 graphics cards, 100 processors, 100 power supplies, 100 motherboards and 100 sets of computer memory, were captured on CCTV cameras by Advania, the server company reportedly hit by two of the three thefts.
The police have currently held off from telling the public about the incident for a while, in order not to compromise their investigation.