- An IT specialist working for a medical institution in Russia’s Altai Republic has been detained for illegally mining cryptocurrency at the premises of a Covid-19 hospital.
- In February 2021, the man, who worked as a chief information security specialist, installed the coin minting hardware and connected it to the servers of the hospital which was previously used to treat patients with Covid-19, the republic’s Ministry of Internal Affairs detailed in a press release.
- The mining facility had been set up there by a resident of the capital Мahachkala who colluded with employees of the water utility.
Russian Caught Mining Crypto in Covid-19 Clinic
