Canadian man extradited for allegedly hijacking US university supercomputer to mine crypto
Original headline加拿大男子因涉嫌劫持美国大学超算挖矿被引渡
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Canadian national Ryan James Roach was extradited to the United States on October 28 over allegations that he hijacked university supercomputers to secretly mine cryptocurrency, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Prosecutors allege Roach and co-defendant Mathiew James Stubbings deployed malware, stole login credentials and harnessed victim computing power at educational institutions in New York, Tennessee, North Carolina and Massachusetts between June 2016 and December 2019. Stubbings' extradition proceedings remain ongoing in Canada, and the charges against both men are not yet proven. The case highlights how mining economics can turn stolen compute into a prosecutable offense; next, watch whether Stubbings is surrendered to face the same charges.
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