Malaysian Police crush crypto-mining kit to punish electricity thieves
(2021/07/19)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/07/19/malaysian_police_crush_crytpomining_compiuters_with_steamroller/
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Police in the Malaysian district of Miri have used a steamroller to crush 1069 computers allegedly used to mine Bitcoin.
The accused in this case, according to Miri Police's [1]Facebook page , were stealing electricity to power their mining operations.
[2]Ganja believe it? Police make hash of suspected weed farm raid, pot Bitcoin mine instead
[3]Thailand bans joke cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens
[4]Antivirus that mines Ethereum sounds a bit wrong, right? Norton has started selling it
Local outlets report that the electricity theft was so substantial it caused blackouts.
Raids on half a dozen locations around Miri yielded six arrests, with all jailed for up to eight months and fined 8000 Malaysian Ringgit apiece (US$1900). Police also destroyed three houses that were used by the miners.
Police staged a crypto-crushing event for local media, which obliged with the (unpleasant-sounding) video below.
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[6]Youtube Video
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Here's the result of this crushing blow against electricity thieves.
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Click to enlarge
Cryptocurrencies and digital tokens are legal in Malaysia, but issuers and exchanges are heavily regulated. ®
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[1] https://www.facebook.com/polisdaerahmiri/posts/3023495991215015?__cft__[0]=AZXGJukQIKT0oRRYEVHwiPAAHnLr9gWol29wHGgfTbLqEvtubbzFKv493KwBdznTv7HaCuX89Myue-JrPO7CCdd0-vSH5gEerIHJAN1AaFnFN3fQqutd1h6r_JjVU_MtQReXQAh02fI73__rr_i98v06&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/30/cannabis_raid_smokes_out_bitcoin_mine/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/15/thailand_bans_joke_cryptocurrencies_and/
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/03/norton_crypto/
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/legal&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YPT43-GEyvtSAN2hx@KfcwAAAMw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_tcg9kOfkg
[7] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/legal&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YPT43-GEyvtSAN2hx@KfcwAAAMw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[8] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/07/18/handout_miri_police_malsyia_crushed_mining_computers.jpg
[9] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
The accused in this case, according to Miri Police's [1]Facebook page , were stealing electricity to power their mining operations.
[2]Ganja believe it? Police make hash of suspected weed farm raid, pot Bitcoin mine instead
[3]Thailand bans joke cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens
[4]Antivirus that mines Ethereum sounds a bit wrong, right? Norton has started selling it
Local outlets report that the electricity theft was so substantial it caused blackouts.
Raids on half a dozen locations around Miri yielded six arrests, with all jailed for up to eight months and fined 8000 Malaysian Ringgit apiece (US$1900). Police also destroyed three houses that were used by the miners.
Police staged a crypto-crushing event for local media, which obliged with the (unpleasant-sounding) video below.
[5]
[6]Youtube Video
[7]
Here's the result of this crushing blow against electricity thieves.
[8]
Click to enlarge
Cryptocurrencies and digital tokens are legal in Malaysia, but issuers and exchanges are heavily regulated. ®
Get our [9]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.facebook.com/polisdaerahmiri/posts/3023495991215015?__cft__[0]=AZXGJukQIKT0oRRYEVHwiPAAHnLr9gWol29wHGgfTbLqEvtubbzFKv493KwBdznTv7HaCuX89Myue-JrPO7CCdd0-vSH5gEerIHJAN1AaFnFN3fQqutd1h6r_JjVU_MtQReXQAh02fI73__rr_i98v06&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/30/cannabis_raid_smokes_out_bitcoin_mine/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/15/thailand_bans_joke_cryptocurrencies_and/
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/03/norton_crypto/
[5] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/legal&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YPT43-GEyvtSAN2hx@KfcwAAAMw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_tcg9kOfkg
[7] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/legal&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YPT43-GEyvtSAN2hx@KfcwAAAMw&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[8] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/07/18/handout_miri_police_malsyia_crushed_mining_computers.jpg
[9] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Mark Exclamation
Only, it's not a "steam"roller.
Ah, all the fun!
Brian Miller
How many times I've wanted to do that to old kit. But of course, with the current price of Bitcoin, I'm guessing the fines really didn't amount to much. The loss of their houses and mining rigs was more substantial.
It’s one way I guess
Winkypop
To compact your data…
We need more of this
HildyJ
Instead of fining Google or Amazon, just destroy part of their server farms.
gandalfcn
Nice place Miri and seems the boyos want to keep it that way. Seems more and more govs are clamping down on these criminals.
Nice.