As far as we are aware, a criminal case has been launched against them.

The supercomputer that was reportedly used was not supposed to be connected to the internet for security reasons.

However, it was used by the engineers for personal agendas that included mining for cryptocurrencies.

Russian scientists arrested for mining Bitcoin at nuclear facility

The officials quickly realized something was not right after they were alerted that it had been connected.

Their activities were stopped in time, institute spokeswoman Tatiana Zalesskaya, told Interfax news agency.

The bungling miners have been detained by the competent authorities.

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The arrested engineers have been handed over to the Federal Security Service.

It is unclear when the crime had taken place or how many suspects were involved.

Cryptocurrencies require a great deal of computational power and energy consumption to turn a profit.

source: www.techworm.net