A group of thieves stole around 600 powerful bitcoin mining devices from Icelandic data centers! - Yes you've heard it right they have stolen entire devices.
Icelandic Police had arrested 11 suspects as part of the investigation, one of which has escaped from prison and fled to Sweden on a passenger plane reportedly also carrying the Icelandic prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir.
The stolen cryptocurrency-mining devices are still missing, and Icelandic police are monitoring high-energy consumption area across the nation in an attempt to locate the missing equipment.
According to the authorities, Guards at the prison did not report Stefansson missing until after the flight to Sweden had taken off.
"He had an accomplice. We are sure of that," Police Chief Gunnar Schram told online news outlet Visir.
The theft, which the law enforcement said is one of the biggest series of robberies Iceland has ever experienced, took place between late December and early January, while the arrests of 11 people were made in February.
Besides 600 bitcoin mining devices, the theft also included burglary of 600 graphics cards, 100 processors, 100 power supplies, 100 motherboards and 100 sets of computer memory.
Shortly after the arrest, the Reykjanes District Court expressed restraint and released nine people on bail, leaving only two people under arrest, which included the alleged incident's mastermind Stefansson.
Source: The Hacker News
