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Former Australian Contractor Sentenced for Mining Crypto on Supercomputer

Jonathan Khoo, a former contractor for the Australian federal agency, used research supercomputers to mine crypto in 2018.<br><br>

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Former Australian Contractor Sentenced for Mining Crypto on Supercomputer

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  1. Former Australian Contractor Sentenced for Mining Crypto on Supercomputer Jonathan Khoo, a former contractor for the Australian federal agency, used research supercomputers to mine crypto in 2018. On Friday, Jonathan Khoo was sentenced for employing the CISRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s) servers and supercomputers to conduct crypto mining. Jonathan Khoo, 34 years old, is a former employee of an Australian federal agency. He used supercomputers to mine crypto in 2018. Jonathan Khoo ducked the highest penalties of 10 years of jail time. However, Magistrate Erin Kennedy handed Khoo a 15-month intensive correction order on Friday. It will take place through 300 hours of community service. Jonathan Khoo’s January 2018 mining ​operation returned around 9,400 Australian dollars. Thus costing the CSIRO at least AUD 76,000 from lost productivity and misconfiguration. Cybercrime Operations, Chris Goldsmid, supercomputer resources away from performing vital scientific research for According Khoo to AFP redirected Commander these

  2. the nation. This includes Pulsar Data Array Analysis, medical research, and climate modelling work to estimate climate change consequences. Jonathan Khoo dodged ten years punishment for crypto mining Jonathan Khoo was declared guilty of illegal alteration of data to cause impairment before the Downing Centre Local Court in February 2020. The admonitions provided a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Still, Khoo’s comparatively light punishment of 300 hours of community service is partially due to Khoo’s qualm and cooperation with law enforcement. Additionally, this follows his cooperation during his home search in March 2018. Read More: https://cryptodose.co/australian-contractor-sentenced-for-mining-crypto/ Follow​ Cryptodose for more updates.

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