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Ex-Employee at Australian Science Agency Avoids Prison After Mining Crypto on Supercomputers – CoinDesk – CoinDesk

An ex-employee of Australian science agency CSIRO narrowly avoided prison after he was caught using workplace supercomputers to mine cryptocurrency.

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A former employee of an Australian federal agency has avoided prison after he was caught using government supercomputers to mine for cryptocurrency.

  • According to a report by The Sydney Morning Herald on Friday, Jonathan Khoo, 34, worked as a contractor for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
  • Between January and February 2018, Khoo implemented code in two supercomputers for the purpose of mining cryptocurrency for his own personal financial g…

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