Security News > 2019 > June > Iran's blame-it-on-Bitcoin 'leccy shortage probably isn't a US hack cover story... yet
2019-06-28 18:45
But just imagine Stuxnet: Consumer Edition Comment Iran claims that recent surges in electricity demand, leading to blackouts and brownouts, were caused by too many cryptocurrency miners’ power-hungry machines being hooked up to the national grid – though all may not be as it seems.…
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