Russia Arrests Nuclear Scientists for Mining Bitcoin With Top-Secret Supercomputer

(ZHE) — It looks like Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to pay his nuclear scientists more. As the BBC reported Friday, the Russian security officers have arrested several scientists working at a top-secret Russian nuclear facility for allegedly mining crypto-currencies. The suspects had tried to use one of Russia’s most powerful supercomputers to mine Bitcoin. “There has been an unsanctioned attempt […]