Russia just uncovered one of the wildest crypto operations of the year — and it was *on wheels*.
Utility crews chasing a mysterious power surge cracked open the back of a truck… and found 95 mining rigs humming away, illegally wired to a high-voltage 10kV feeder. That’s enough stolen electricity to light up an entire village.
The kicker? The setup was mobile, complete with a transformer — a rogue crypto mine on the move. Two suspects hit the gas in an SUV and vanished before the police could arrive.
Buryatenergo confirms it’s the *sixth* illegal mining op they’ve shut down in 2025 alone. These underground rigs are wreaking havoc on rural grids, triggering blackouts and threatening entire power systems.
This isn’t just one truck. It’s part of a larger crypto cat-and-mouse game happening across Russia:
* Winter mining bans already in place across key regions
* Irkutsk — once a mining hotspot — slapped with a year-round ban
* National grid stress forcing new crackdowns
* Unlicensed miners taking huge risks for silent profits
And it gets darker.
Kaspersky has traced a shadowy hacker crew, “Librarian Ghouls,” running stealth cryptojacking campaigns. Victims’ PCs are infected through email traps, mining silently from 1 to 5 a.m. while harvesting passwords in the background.
From mobile truck mines to stealth malware, Russia’s crypto underground is evolving fast — and the authorities are scrambling to keep up.
Free power. High stakes. Quiet profits.
The crypto war in Russia is on.
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