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Sydney man sentenced for mining over AU$9,000 in crypocurrency on CSIRO kit – ZDNet
He will cop 15 months of imprisonment to be served by way of an intensive community order, which includes 300 hours of community service.
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday announced the sentencing of a 34-year old man from Sydney for using Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) equipment to carry out cryptocurrency mining.
The North Shore man was hired as a contractor in January 2018 and had access to the servers and supercomputers he used for mining to perform his employed role in data archiving and software support.
The AFP said the man accessed servers and supe…
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