600 powerful servers dedicated to digging for bitcoin. (What is bitcoin? Here's everything you need to know.) Plus 600 graphics card, 100 processors, 100 power supplies, 100 motherboards and 100 sets of computer memory.
According to the Associated Press and Visir, these are the items that the Icelandic thieves coordinated a group of thefts. It is reported that although 11 people were arrested and at least two were still in detention, no stolen computer was found by the police.
It has been reported that thefts from late December to early January were taken by Advania Surveillance Cameras, which are the two of the three theft companies that suffered from server companies. (Allegedly, video cards, processors, etc. are stolen from home.) Advania has been providing its customers with bitcoin mining equipment that sounds like the type of theft. The Associated Press reported that stolen computers worth nearly 200 million.
According to the Associated Press, police chief Olafur Herkigartonsson said: "This is an unprecedented large-scale theft." Everything points to this is a height
Organized crime. "
The Associated Press reported that the police are tracking energy consumption throughout Iceland to prevent thieves from opening new computers and putting pressure on the grid as it could lead them back to the stolen computer.
Neither Ministry of Justice nor Kjartansson responded immediately to CNET for comment.
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