600 bitcoin-mining servers stolen in Iceland

[dbk03]

'About 600 computer servers used to mine bitcoin were stolen in Iceland in a series of large-scale robberies in December and January, according to police.'

'Investigators are still trying to locate the missing equipment, which is valued at around 200m kronur (£1.45m).'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...in-mining-servers-stolen-in-iceland?CMP=fb_gu

Crypto is the wild west of the internet

 

[terrycody]

Yes old news some days ago, but funny as hell lol.

 

[Sherb]

I think the most shocking part about this is the fact that these crimes occurred in Iceland. Iceland is literally the most peaceful country on earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index#Global_Peace_Index_rankings

"Iceland has been named the world’s most peaceful county by the Global Peace Index, because of its low crime rate, lack of armed forces and political stability. It has one of the world’s lowest murder rates, with just 26 murders being reported from 2000 to October of 2014."

This is pretty interesting, though:

"Iceland has become a magnet for cryptocurrency farms, blockchain technologies and data centres because of its cold climate, which is instrumental in cooling the energy-consuming servers, and its low electricity prices."

I never thought about colder countries being sought after due to the natural cold.

 

[Alexpaberla]

When i see cryptocurrency i will do what i can to Take them all #Evil #murder #thief #cryptocurrency

 

[bartosimpsonio]

I think the most shocking part about this is the fact that these crimes occurred in Iceland. Iceland is literally the most peaceful country on earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index#Global_Peace_Index_rankings

"Iceland has been named the world’s most peaceful county by the Global Peace Index, because of its low crime rate, lack of armed forces and political stability. It has one of the world’s lowest murder rates, with just 26 murders being reported from 2000 to October of 2014."

This is pretty interesting, though:

"Iceland has become a magnet for cryptocurrency farms, blockchain technologies and data centres because of its cold climate, which is instrumental in cooling the energy-consuming servers, and its low electricity prices."

I never thought about colder countries being sought after due to the natural cold.

It was a peaceful heist. They walked in very politely, said g'dnight maam, pulled the 18 wheeler over and loaded up.

No guns and American movie stuff.

But seriously. It was literally a thousand pounds of equipment loaded onto trucks over several hours. As with everything else in cryptos, it's fair to suspect that there's more to this than reported

 

[SamLewis]

It was a peaceful heist. They walked in very politely, said g'dnight maam, pulled the 18 wheeler over and loaded up.

No guns and American movie stuff.

But seriously. It was literally a thousand pounds of equipment loaded onto trucks over several hours. As with everything else in cryptos, it's fair to suspect that there's more to this than reported

Maam said d'ya want me to make ya a cuppa whilst you do that.

 

[bartosimpsonio]

Maam said d'ya want me to make ya a cuppa whilst you do that.

"It's awful cold out ther u hunks could usea warmin up"

 

[Jeepy]

Cmon, I think you guys understand that it's insurance scam lol? Devices get weaker as difficulty increases so they don't need to throw out old devices. They just throw them in the ocean, say that they got stolen and they are getting money for new devices in no time. lol, free upgrade.

 

[bartosimpsonio]

Cmon, I think you guys understand that it's insurance scam lol? Devices get weaker as difficulty increases so they don't need to throw out old devices. They just throw them in the ocean, say that they got stolen and they are getting money for new devices in no time. lol, free upgrade.

You may be onto somethin there.

In cryptos nothing is what it seems to be.

 

[Safff]

Saw it few days ago but... Im mining BTC on Iceland, it could be one of mine! Let's find them!
btw. every friend of mine which was on Iceland was commin back with antminer, coincidence? Don't think so!