To brand a profit, then far criminals bring hacked cryptocurrency exchanges, spread mining malware, in addition to ransomware—and fifty-fifty kidnapped cryptocurrency investors for ransom in addition to tried to rob a bitcoin exchange, simply directly the greed has reached some other level.
The powerful computers are estimated to survive worth to a greater extent than or less $2 million, Associated Press reports, in addition to are used to generate cryptocurrency that at the fourth dimension of this writing are worth $11,500 each.
The theft, which took house betwixt belatedly Dec in addition to early on January, is 1 of the biggest serial of robberies Republic of Iceland has e'er experienced, according to law enforcement.
"This is grand theft on a scale unseen before," said Police Commissioner Olafur Helgi Kjartansson of the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula.There were 4 dissimilar burglaries (three inward Dec in addition to 1 inward January) inward full that took house at diverse locations, 2 of which went downwards on the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula.
The thefts, which also included burglary of 600 graphics cards, 100 processors, 100 ability supplies, 100 motherboards in addition to 100 sets of reckoner memory, were captured on CCTV cameras past times Advania, the server society reportedly hitting past times 2 of the 3 thefts.
Although the stolen computers bring non withal been found, police line arrested xi suspects equally business office of the investigation of the incident, 1 of whom worked equally a safety guard.
On Friday, the Reykjanes District Court expressed restraint, releasing nine people on bail in addition to leaving entirely 2 people nether arrest.
Republic of Iceland is habitation to the information centers of a discover of the cryptocurrency mining companies because the mining procedure is extremely energy-intensive, in addition to renewable unloose energy is inexpensive there. Almost 100 per centum of the ability generated inward the province comes from renewable sources.
The police line are currently tracking high unloose energy consumption areas across Republic of Iceland inward hopes the thieves volition plow the stolen servers on, which could potentially Pb them dorsum to the stolen servers' location.
The government are also contacting network service providers (ISPs), electricians in addition to storage units, call for them to study whatever abrupt spike inward ability usage or other signs the stolen servers had been reconnected.
The police line bring currently held off from telling Earth close the incident for a while, inward guild non to compromise their investigation.
