With a value in the range of hundreds of millions of rupiah per chip, cryptocurrency bitcoin is a tempting target for criminals. Exchange bitcoin on the internet has long been the target of hackers . Later bitcoin-related crime widened into the real world.
One recent example is a series of robberies that hit some data centers in Iceland some time ago. A total of 600 units of bitcoin miner servers were escaped by thieves in four incidents near Reykjavik and Borgarnes airports.
Three robberies took place in December 2017, then the fourth in January 2018. Overall value of losses inflicted is estimated at nearly 2 million US dollars or more than Rp 27 billion. Stolen computers are manifold servers with high computing power and expensive taggers as well.
"This is a huge theft on an unprecedented scale," said local police commissioner Olafur Helgi Kjartansson, as quoted KompasTekno from the Associated Press on Saturday (10/3/2018). Icelandic authorities suspect the robbery is an action organized by organized criminals, such as the mafia organization.