Caught Red Handed Mining Of Bitcoin

Caught Red Handed Mining Of Bitcoin

The Chairperson Alexander Akshatin – Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic of Crimea , last week at a press conference Mentioned  in Sevastopol that two government employees of the Crimean Council of Ministers were caught red handed while conducting mining of bitcoin using government infrastructure like computers etc, RIA Novosti reported told that One of the Information Technology Head department and the other members of the department like Head – hardware and also technical support. Both were immediately  dismissed. They had bad intentions as malicious software on the server of the Crimean government was found, Entire technical team was involved which opened access to the information stored on it. More than a dozen computers in the building were also used for the same.

Government Officials Fired For Mining Bitcoin

Two of the government officials of the Crimean Council of Ministers were fired for mining bitcoin using government computers and infrastructure. Later after the inspection done it was reported that they installed “malicious software” on the government’s server and programmed over a dozen computers for the mining of bitcoin. According to Alexei Moiseev Hon.President Mr.Putin’s internet as well Dmitry Marinichev also proposed allowing the use of cryptocurrencies in Crimea. Based on statement of Lenta – He said in the month of February the establishment of cryptocurrency exchanges in Crimea would attract new investors. Deputy Finance Minister too suggested using digital currencies to enhance tourism in region from than Russia was working on a bill to regulate cryptocurrencies. The bill was about to introduced last month, but it was somehow delayed due to a lack of consensus. Looking at  Financial Stability in a meeting held last week and headed by First Deputy Prime Minister Hon Igor Shuvalov, the government authorities has decided to postpone their plans to regulate cryptocurrencies for next year.