An incident that occurred in Kabardino-Balkaria has become known.
An illegal mining farm equipped with 53 cryptocurrency mining devices was found here.
The incident was reported by the branch of Rosseti North Caucasus, Kabbalkenergo, on its website .
It is noted that a joint operation was carried out by law enforcement agencies and energy sector employees.
In one of the households in the gardening association, as a result of a raid, equipment was discovered that was connected in a way that bypassed the meters.
In this way, the attackers connected 53 devices that were used for illegal cryptocurrency mining.
As a result of illegal actions, the criminals managed to steal approximately 380 thousand kilowatt-hours.
The damage caused to the Kabardino-Balkaria power system is estimated at 1.4 million rubles.
The information received about the large-scale theft was transferred to the law enforcement agencies of the republic, which will make a decision on this case in the near future.
