Underground Crypto Mining Farm Found Beneath Russian Car Plant
- —Mining rigs were operating in the basement of a UAZ Avtokomponent production building
- —Hidden passages led to the equipment; power theft is estimated at over 1 million rubles
- —Police learned of the farm while questioning suspects detained over bicycle thefts
- —Mining is not banned in Ulyanovsk region, unlike parts of Buryatia and Irkutsk region
Why it matters: The case highlights how illegal mining keeps tapping industrial infrastructure in Russian regions where crypto mining remains permitted.
Source: BitNovosti