IT technicians are said to have mined Bitcoin in police headquarters
TVN24 reporters in front of the Warsaw police headquarters. (Screenshot: TVN24 / t3n.de)
In the police headquarters of the Polish capital Warsaw, an IT technician is said to have illegally mined Bitcoin – with the systems and electricity of the police. But she found out.
For the mining or prospecting of crypto currencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum / Ether you need a lot of powerful hardware and a lot of expensive electricity. In order to get into crypto mining as an individual, you need a substantial starting balance. No wonder that some actors are trying to save money by illegally tapping power lines. A Polish IT technician has now crowned the whole thing.
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Illegal mining farm owned by the police
Because this is said to have operated an illegal mining farm in the police headquarters of Warsaw, like the Polish TV station TVN24 reports. According to this, police spokesman Mariusz Ciarka confirmed that the computer specialist had misused the power grid and IT systems at the headquarters in Warsaw for “illegal Bitcoin mining operations”. The civilian IT service provider has since been dismissed. A second person, who is also said to be involved in the incident, is also about to be released.
The illegal crypto miners are said to have supplied the police headquarters with manipulated computers and powerful graphics cards. Although Bitcoin mining is mentioned repeatedly in the TV report, it is more likely to have been Ethereum mining because of the use of graphics cards, such as computerbase.de clarifies. How long the mining farm ran illegally is not known. The police themselves speak of having “quickly” cleared up the matter. Prosecutors are now investigating. How much money was made from mining is unclear.
No sensitive data published
In any case, the Warsaw police emphasized that no sensitive data had been published as part of the illegal crypto mining activities. No connection was found via the internal police data transmission network, said spokesman Ciarka. In any case, the police systems are now safe again.
