Russian authorities bust truck-based crypto mine draining village power

Russian authorities found 95 mining rigs and a mobile transformer in a KamAZ truck illegally tapping power meant for a village in Buryatia.

Authorities in Russia’s Republic of Buryatia have uncovered an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation hidden inside a KamAZ truck siphoning electricity meant for a nearby village.

Discovered during a routine power line inspection in the Pribaikalsky District, the unauthorized setup was drawing electricity from a 10-kilovolt line, enough to supply a small village, according to the Russian state-owned news agency TASS.

Inspectors found 95 mining rigs and a mobile transformer station inside the truck. Two individuals believed to be connected to the operation fled the scene in an SUV before police arrived.

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