With а growing threat of electricity shortages in the winter months, Ukraine has busted another large coin minting facility illegally drawing power from the grid. The country’s security agency announced it’s stepping up efforts to ensure the nation’s energy system is well-protected from such consumers. Large-Scale Illegal Mining Operation Uncovered in Central Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the country’s top law enforcement agency, is intensifying “systematic work to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure of the United Energy System of Ukraine,” a press release revealed this week. The announcement provides details about its latest operation against illegal crypto mining in the country: An underground cryptocurrency farm has been exposed in Cherkasy region. The operators stole industrial volumes of electricity from the regional power grid for bitcoin mining. Preliminary estimates shared by the SBU suggest that the Ukrainian state has suffered financial
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