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CSIRO IT contractor spared jail for mining Monero on supercomputer – iTnews
Intensive correction order imposed for 15 months.
A former CSIRO IT contractor has escaped jail time for using the peak science and research organisation’s supercomputer to mine cryptocurrency.
Jonathan Khoo was sentenced to a 15-month intensive correction order at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Friday after pleading guilty to the charges.
Khoo was charged by the Australian Federal Police in May 2019 for modifying the computer systems of CSIRO without authorisation to access the processing power.
The charges included unauthorised mod…
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