On a scale from 1 to stupid, just how stupid was the alleged criminals attempt at mining Bitcoin from a top - secret
Russian nuclear facility?
In Soviet
Russian Nuclear Facility, Bitcoin Mines You Several scientists working in a top - secret nuclear warhead facility in the closed town of Sarov have been arrested by Russian authorities for allegedly attempting to mine Bitcoin with the facility's supercomputer.
The first, simply called Rosatom, reveals the location of
each Russian nuclear facility as well as radiation monitors across the country that would pick up any potential leaks.
Not exact matches
Where
nuclear missile silos once stood in Ukraine, US officials visited and — together with
Russians — destroyed the
facilities.
Why this matters: Code governing control systems at industrial sites has already been the target of attacks, and US officials recently warned
Russian hackers are probing for security holes in software controlling critical infrastructure like
nuclear facilities and dams.
MGS1 finds Snake making his way into a
nuclear weapons
facility on a fictional island off the coast of Alaska; MGS2 involves
nuclear weaponry again, but throws in the twist of
Russian terrorists trying to get hold of said weapon.
«Since at least March 2016,
Russian government cyber actors... targeted government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy,
nuclear, commercial
facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors,» according to an alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.
The alert elaborates on «
Russian government actions targeting U.S. Government entities as well as organizations in the energy,
nuclear, commercial
facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors» — a goal consistent with suspected
Russian cyberattacks like last year's NotPetya malware which focused on industrial targets and past hacks of energy systems in Ukraine.
As it emerged on Friday (16 March), the US has officially warned that
Russian hackers have already been shown to have gained access to energy grids,
nuclear power
facilities and water
facilities in the US.
Scientists at a top - secret
Russian nuclear research
facility have been taken into custody after allegedly attempting to mine Bitcoin using a high - powered supercomputer.
Since at least March 2016,
Russian government cyber actors have also targeted U.S. government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy,
nuclear, commercial
facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors.
Several scientists working in a top - secret
nuclear warhead
facility in the closed town of Sarov have been arrested by
Russian authorities for allegedly attempting to mine Bitcoin with the
facility's supercomputer.
gov - Since at least March 2016,
Russian government cyber actors — hereafter referred to as «threat actors» — targeted government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy,
nuclear, commercial
facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors.
Since at least March 2016,
Russian government cyber actors — hereafter referred to as «threat actors» — targeted government entities and multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including the energy,
nuclear, commercial
facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors.
Russian cyber operatives are attacking critical American infrastructure such as energy grids,
nuclear facilities, aviation systems, and...
«This alert provides information on
Russian government actions targeting U.S. Government entities as well as organizations in the energy,
nuclear, commercial
facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors.»
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Russian Scientists Arrested for Using Supercomputers at
Nuclear Weapons
Facility to Mine Bitcoin Cryptocurrency