Friday, February 9, 2018

Nuclear scientists logged on to one of Russia’s most-secure computers — to mine bitcoin

Nuclear scientists logged on to one of Russia’s most-secure computers — to mine bitcoin

Several scientists working at a nuclear-weapons facility in Russia were arrested this week on the suspicion that they used one of the country’s most powerful supercomputers to mine bitcoins, the BBC reported. The alleged infraction took place at the Federal Nuclear Center in Sarov, a top-secret area surrounded by barbed wire fences where the Soviet […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/02/09/nuclear-scientists-logged-on-to-one-of-russias-most-secure-computers-to-mine-bitcoin/

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