Comment on Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M

PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You could try reading the article. It’s the very first sentence.

  Federal prosecutors indicted a Nebraska man on charges he perpetrated a cryptojacking scheme that defrauded two cloud providers—one based in Seattle and the other in Redmond, Washington—out of $3.5 million.

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  • EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seattle and Redmond. So Amazon and Microsoft?

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• MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That is right. The thief got $1 million they wouldn’t have had otherwise.

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