The guards at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant mined cryptocurrency and divulged state secrets

The attackers used the resources of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant for mining digital currency. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stopped the activity of criminals.

Agents of the SBU, checking objects of the nuclear power plant, found computer equipment, illegally connected to the systems for mining. On July 10, the employees of the Department searched and seized the media converter, fiber optic and part of the network cable.

It’s important to note that information about the physical protection of the station, which is a state secret, leaked to the network due to the unauthorized placement of computer equipment in the territory of a nuclear power plant.

Specialists of the Security Service of Ukraine have information according to which members of the National Guard of Ukraine may be involved in illegal mining. The SBU has achieved the initiation of criminal proceedings against them.

It is an interesting fact that recently it became known that in Ukraine the authority that controls the quality of equipment for the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant since 1992 will be eliminated. Employees of the structure carried out examinations, as well as participated in tests of the equipment.

The decision was made after the evaluation of the enterprise. The work of the center was deemed ineffective.

However, it can be assumed that this is due to the fact that someone was mining cryptocurrency on the territory of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant.

In addition, this week the police discovered an underground farm for the production of cryptocurrency in Ingushetia. Its owners were engaged in illegal and unaccounted electricity consumption. During the inspection of this room, law enforcement officers found that more than 1.5 thousand devices for receiving crypto currency, a laptop, two system units, a video recorder of a video surveillance system, as well as two transformer points with a capacity of 1.6 thousand kW each were connected to the power supply system without appropriate documentation.

Recall that in May 2018 it became known that the police in the Ukrainian city Rovno were mining cryptocurrency directly at the workplace. Since Ukraine does not have legislation regulating the circulation and mining of cryptocurrencies, an investigation was conducted into the theft of electricity.

This was not the first case of using the official position for cryptocurrency mining. In September 2017, Crimean government officials were fired for mining bitcoins in the workplace, and on February 2018 it became known that employees of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan used office computers and department servers for cryptocurrency mining.

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