BBC:
A Chinese headmaster has been fired after a secret stack of crypto-currency mining machines was found connected to his school's electricity supply.
Teachers at the school in Hunan became suspicious of a whirring noise that continued day and night, local media report.
This led to the discovery of the machines, which were mining the crypto-currency Ethereum.
They racked up an electricity bill of 14,700 yuan (£1,600).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @07:29AM (4 children)
can someone rescale the 14,700 yuan in average monthly income in China, or something similar? then we'll actually know what the seriousness of the offence is.
stealing 1600 pounds worth of office supplies is definitely within the norm for Europe (in the sense of "I need a new laptop for work", when in fact the old one will work just fine for another 3 years).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @09:02AM (3 children)
Happily. This should give you the answers you seek: http://bfy.tw/KnGF [bfy.tw]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @11:09PM (2 children)
so is the above goatse or not?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 11 2018, @12:58AM (1 child)
It's safe, but a lame attempt at humor.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 11 2018, @07:10PM
GP AC here. Not an attempt at humor, rather a suggestion as to how to obtain readily available information.
Expanded link here:
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?s=d&q=average+income+hunan+province [lmgtfy.com]