{"id":44043,"date":"2021-06-09T14:57:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=44043"},"modified":"2025-08-31T15:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T12:11:45","slug":"sbu-uncovers-illegal-mining-farm-and-seizes-350-devices-for-cryptocurrency-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/sbu-uncovers-illegal-mining-farm-and-seizes-350-devices-for-cryptocurrency-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"SBU uncovers illegal mining farm and seizes 350 devices for cryptocurrency mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detected an illegal mining farm in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The miners connected the equipment to one of the transformer substations, <a href=\"https:\/\/ssu.gov.ua\/novyny\/sbu-zablokuvala-nezakonnu-maininhfermu-kryptovaliutu-dobuvaly-priamo-iz-transformatora\" title=\"https:\/\/ssu.gov.ua\/novyny\/sbu-zablokuvala-nezakonnu-maininhfermu-kryptovaliutu-dobuvaly-priamo-iz-transformatora\">\u0441\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/a> press service of the SBU.<\/p>\n<p>Devices were housed in rented warehouse premises. To conceal electricity theft, the suspects used specialized equipment to interfere with the metering system.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, law enforcement seized 350 devices used for cryptocurrency mining.<\/p>\n<p>According to the SBU, over three months of operation the farm caused losses of more than 2 million hryvnias (over $73,000).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in February, the SBU uncovered <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/in-ukraine-mining-farm-operators-stole-mined-cryptocurrency\">a scheme to misappropriate cryptocurrency<\/a> through interference in the operation of computers and the power grid.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog Bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detected an illegal mining farm in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The miners connected the equipment to one of the transformer substations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,1143,16],"class_list":["post-44043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-intelligence-agencies","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"7","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44045,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44043\/revisions\/44045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}