Electricity-stealing farm targeting FIFA 21 s digital cash, not cryptocurrency Newshub 3 hrs ago Mike Kilpatrick © Video: Newshub, Image: Security Service of Ukraine / Getty Images Watch Newshub s gaming podcast Free to Play.
The vast electricity-stealing computer farm shut down by Ukraine s Security Service (SBU) last week wasn t mining cryptocurrency as first reported.
Instead, the set-up was farming in-game currency for Electronic Arts (EA) FIFA 21 football game, according to a new report.
The SBU had said they had found 5000 computers on site, stealing NZ$370,000 worth of electricity each month.
But the 3800 PlayStation 4 consoles seized puzzled some observers as they aren t best designed for crypto mining. One of the photos supplied by the SBU also seemed to show ejected game discs from a bank of the machines.
New-zealand
Belgium
Ukraine
Ukrainian
Californian-anthony-clark
Chris-boyd
Express
Department-of-internal-affairs
Ukraine-security-service
Watch-newshub
Security-service
Getty-images-watch-newshub