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Wind farm worker sentenced after turning turbines into a secret crypto mine – November 2025

Author/Source: Bitdefender See the full link here

Takeaway

This article explains how a wind farm employee illegally used electricity from his job to mine cryptocurrency. You will learn about the consequences he faced for stealing power and resources from his company.

Technical Subject Understandability

Beginner

Analogy/Comparison

This is like someone secretly using the school’s electricity and computers after hours to run their own personal game all night long without permission.

Why It Matters

It matters because using company resources without permission is theft, which can cost businesses a lot of money and lead to severe penalties for the person doing it. The worker in this story was sentenced to a suspended prison term and had to pay a fine of over 10,000 euros.

Related Terms

Cryptomining, Cryptocurrency. Jargon Conversion: Cryptomining is when powerful computers solve complex math problems to create new digital money, which uses a lot of electricity. Cryptocurrency is digital money that exists only online and is not controlled by a bank or government.