{"id":64595,"date":"2022-07-19T14:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T11:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=64595"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T12:20:00","slug":"illicit-crypto-mining-farm-dismantled-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/illicit-crypto-mining-farm-dismantled-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Illicit crypto-mining farm dismantled in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) <a href=\"https:\/\/ssu.gov.ua\/novyny\/sbu-likviduvala-pidpilnu-kryptofermu-yaka-vykradala-elektroenerhiiu-na-pryfrontovykh-terytoriiakh-skhodu-ukrainy\">discovered<\/a> an illegally connected mining farm in Kharkiv Oblast that monthly consumed electricity worth hundreds of thousands of hryvnias.<\/p>\n<p>Equipment was identified in a rented warehouse not far from Kharkiv. According to the SBU, several local residents are involved in organizing the farm.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement noted that the perpetrators siphoned electricity \u201con an industrial scale\u201d through illegal connections to the power grid:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;At the same time, the systematic overloading of utility networks could lead to large-scale disruptions to electricity supply for residential housing and critical infrastructure in frontline areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The SBU said a pre-trial investigation has been launched.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/G9Are1mjdDH_LjO8xfwm1Ce-mW3H8nFnINFgK0IVj3UqE2ewrSOJZeBfYGdyvCP7ExxEyhGh6MWWWY_tPWmrF9dSZwXNPq0GF6HVsQWbRotGQftWpvXZy4n5d-c8mCQjdAfAEeVeKdJ_pGAp_10\" alt=\"Illicit crypto-mining farm dismantled in Ukraine\"\/><figcaption>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ssu.gov.ua\/novyny\/sbu-likviduvala-pidpilnu-kryptofermu-yaka-vykradala-elektroenerhiiu-na-pryfrontovykh-terytoriiakh-skhodu-ukrainy\">SBU<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in Kyiv, authorities uncovered a fraudulent scheme to attract victims&#8217; funds <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kyiv-authorities-uncover-a-fraudulent-mining-investment-scheme\">under the guise of investments in mining farms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) discovered in Kharkiv Oblast an illegally connected mining farm that consumed electricity worth hundreds of thousands of hryvnias per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64596,"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":[1137,16],"class_list":["post-64595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64597,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64595\/revisions\/64597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}