Demolition of a cryptocurrency mine to steal electricity, suddenly discovered 3,800 “plow PS4”

The PS4s have been modified to become buffalo plows.

From last night to now, on Facebook, there are pictures of PS4 rigs lined up on the shelf, and saying that it is a new virtual currency miner that has been dismantled by the Ukrainian police, using a jailbroken PS4 to install a custom BIOS to mine virtual money. Try searching the reverse image with Google, this seems to be the correct information, published by Focus magazine, based in the capital Kyiv, and the image was sent to the press by the SBU, Ukraine’s security service.

According to information posted on Focus.ua translated by Google Translate, the Ukrainian security service has discovered and dismantled a line that steals electricity to mine virtual currency. This demolished crypto mine is located in an old warehouse once owned by Vinnytsiaoblenerho JSC, inside an industrial park in Vinnytsia province, western Ukraine. In order to hide the electricity theft, the virtual currency mining team faked papers and documents to distract. According to many experts, each month, this group may have caused a loss of 5 to 7 million Hryvnia, equivalent to 4.2 to 6 billion VND in electricity bills, and may cause power outages in many areas of VInnitsya province.

The press release of the Ukrainian security service said: “During the search of the operating location of the virtual currency mine at the address occupied by the defendants, the following equipment was confiscated: 3800 gaming machines games, more than 500 graphics cards, 50 microprocessor chips, fake papers, power consumption statistics, documents, phones, hard drives… After extensive investigation, a whole line with relevant individuals, especially the involvement of employees working for Vinnytsiaoblenerho JSC.”

Earlier, the same Ukrainian magazine had an article saying that a laptop displayed at a store in the capital Kyiv was installed with cryptocurrency mining software. The machine had to operate in conditions of full capacity and continuous thermal overload. This store manager is investigating himself to find the culprit.

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