{"id":92798,"date":"2018-11-11T15:39:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T23:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=92798"},"modified":"2018-11-11T18:58:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T02:58:19","slug":"chinese-principal-fired-for-crypto-mining-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/chinese-principal-fired-for-crypto-mining-on-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Principal Fired for Crypto Mining on The Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Headmaster Lei Hua has been fired from his job at a school in Hunan, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/places\/china\">China<\/a>, after a total of nine mining rigs were found stealing his school\u2019s electricity to mine <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/amp\/technology-46150107\"><span class=\"s2\">the BBC reported<\/span><\/a> on Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chinese headmaster canned for mining cryptocurrency with school&#39;s electricity<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fFMAe2IYPj\">https:\/\/t.co\/fFMAe2IYPj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fYSHNWmBaO\">pic.twitter.com\/fYSHNWmBaO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gizmodo\/status\/1060941595854495746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>School Foots the Electricity Bill<\/h2>\n<p>The scheme was uncovered after staff heard mysterious whirring noises produced by the machines and decided to investigate.<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0All told, the secret rigs cost the school a total<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0of 14,700 yuan, the equivalent of $2,100 USD. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cybersecurity expert Matthew Hickey was quoted by the BBC as saying the noise and heat generated by the rigs would be \u201cvery noticeable,\u201d but Hua reportedly staved off concerns over the noise by claiming it came from the school\u2019s heating and air conditioning units.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The headmaster installed mining rigs in the school\u2019s computer lab between the summers of 2017 and 2018. Each of these mining machines cost Hua over $1,500 USD.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">He decided to use the school\u2019s power because of the electricity costs associated with mining at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Headmaster Hua was fired in October following the incident.<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0The ninth machine belonged to the school\u2019s deputy headmaster, who was let-off with an official reprimand. Local authorities also seized any cryptocurrency mined from the operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hickey says stealing energy to mine crypto isn\u2019t uncommon given the high energy costs:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Sadly, stealing electricity is one way that people have tried to maximize their revenue &#8211; by avoiding those costs it can drastically improve returns on a mining operation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to offsetting energy costs, the headmaster and his deputy were also able to harness the school\u2019s computing power to mine Ethereum at scale. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Other Schools Targeted for Illicit Mining<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92619\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canadian-university-shuts-down-mining-attack-social-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian University Shuts Down Entire Network After Mining Attack\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/canadian-university-shuts-down-entire-network-after-mining-attack\/\">Canadian University Shuts Down Entire Network After Mining Attack<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A similar hijacking incident occurred last week at St. Francis Zavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada. The university discovered that the school's entire network was compromised with mining malware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/canadian-university-shuts-down-entire-network-after-mining-attack\/\"><span class=\"s2\">suspected phishing attack<\/span><\/a> installed malicious software on the school's network and the software tried to hijack the university's 150 computer servers for illicit mining. In response, an administrator from St. Francis shut down their network for four days. The perpetrators of the attack have yet to be identified. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headmaster Lei Hua has been fired from his job at a school in Hunan, China, after a total of nine mining rigs were found stealing his school\u2019s electricity to mine Ethereum, the BBC reported on Friday. 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