The entire 'can it mine' joke has surpassed the 'can it run Crysis' thing from what feels like 50 years ago now, but then the news broke that scientists working at a Russian nuclear weapons research facility have been arrested, because they were mining cryptocurrency at the site.
Interfax and the BBC are both reporting that scientists that haven't been named have been arrested, and handed to the Federal Security Service (FSB) after it was discovered they were mining crypto. There has been a representative from the Scientific Research Institute for Experimental Physics who has said: "There has been an unsanctioned attempt to use computer facilities for private purposes including so-called mining".
Some of these scientists were using the supercomputer at the nuclear facility to mine cryptocurrency, with the security department at the site receiving an alert that the scientists had connected the machine to the internet, which nuclear-related machines are usually not connected to the internet. But you need to be in order to mine, which is how these people were busted.
Interfax has said that there will most likely be criminal charges laid.
More Crypto News/Content:
Russian scientists busted mining crypto in NUCLEAR facility
6 x GPU packs now on sale for miners, GTX 1060s or GTX 1080s
NVIDIA says cryptocurrency demand 'exceeded expectations'
NVIDIA: 'we are 10x bigger than our GPU competitor'
GPU prices slightly better, GTX 1080 Ti is now 'only' $1100
Ledger owner? Your cryptocurrency can be easily STOLEN
$4 trillion wiped off stock market, tech stocks are HURTING
US credit card companies block cryptocurrency purchases
Samsung announces it's making cryptocurrency mining chips
NVIDIA Tesla V100: $8000 card is the BEST to mine Ethereum
Ripple (XRP) sets a new all-time record price of $3.17
Ethereum closes in on $1000, momentum isn't stopping
Ethereum reaches new record all-time high price of $870
Ripple (XRP) value blows up, bypasses Ethereum's market cap
Crypto expert kidnapped, had to pay $1 million BTC ransom
UnikoinGold is now available on Bittrex
Bitcoin could be worth $0, according to Morgan Stanley
Facebook Messenger malware mines Monero on users' PCs
Using 'blockchain' in new name, company shares rise 500%
MiningSky 8-GPU Mining Rig V1 Review
French dominatrix pimps clients out in 'Crypto Slave Farm'
North Korea hijacking cryptocurrency industry workers