A technical manager at a Dutch wind farm operator has been sentenced to 120 hours of community service after it was discovered he had secretly installed cryptocurrency mining rigs at two wind farm sites – just as the company was recovering from a ransomware attack.
Wind farm operator Nordex discovered that its turbines were not only generating green energy, but were also powering a secret cryptocurrency mining operation at two of its sites in Gieterveen and Waardpolder.
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