Bitcoin thirst spurs Icelandic heist—“Grand theft on a scale unseen before”

In Iceland, bitcoin mining will soon use more energy than its residents. Eleven people have been arrested in Iceland as a result of what local media are calling the “Big Bitcoin Heist”—600 mining computers were recently stolen from Icelandic data centers in four separate burglaries between December 2017 and January 2018.

Source: arstechnica.com