Russian engineers imprisoned for using a nuclear weapons factory to mine Bitcoin

in spanish •  7 years ago 

Everything happened in Russia at the experimental physics research institute, located in the city of Sarov, there is one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.

The engineers seemed ideal to use this computer in order to undermine cryptocurrencies, thinking that nobody would notice.

As it is a confidential institute it was detected that the computer was connected to the internet, which is not usual, when the police arrived, they stopped the engineers.

Source: https://tecnomania.com.ve/index.php/2018/02/09/encarcelan-a-ingenieros-rusos-por-usar-una-fabrica-de-armas-nucleares-para-minar-bitcoin/

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