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Massive cryptomining rig discovered under Polish court’s floor, stealing power (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 103 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Oh boy... so there's this thing called a stock photo and...

[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Not the same one, but basically the same crime committed elsewhere and this time with a few photos, though they could be better.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/secret-crawlspace-cryptomine-discovered-in-routine-inspection-of-ma-high-school/

You don't actually need that many computers to draw a stupid amount of power. For example if you're willing to run a Peltier cooling system... which burns ridiculous amounts of electricity to rapidly transfer heat out of the GPU and into the surrounding air (where more power will be consumed by the building's HVAC system working it's ass off to cool the room even when it's snowing outside)....

I could easily see just several mining rigs burn 20,000 watts. Run that for an entire year, and you're looking at an electricity bill running up to tens of thousands of dollars.

You wouldn't be able to draw much more than that without major upgrades that would be very difficult to do stealthily.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

This is worse than the time my flatmate turned out to be growing hydroponics in the ceiling.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Then, CPD called the US Coast Guard Investigative Service and the Department of Homeland Security to help safely remove the equipment and investigate the mining rig's origins.

The Coast Guard?

[–] 768 6 points 11 months ago

Electricity pirates. Arr.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

They need to keep the criminals at bay.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The description does make it sound almost like it was growing through the floors :-)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Crypto IS a cancer

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

"The bitcoin is coming from inside the house!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Chain of GPUs, roped down the duct?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

One hell of a strange and interesting work story alright