
Some scientists working at Russian nuclear weapons research facilities have been arrested for crypto mining at the site and have been operated to Federal Security Service (FSB), at the Russian nuclear arms factory banning the use of computer facilities for personal use including so-called cryptocurrency
The scientists used the supercomputer at the facility to conduct mining, which is an energy-intensive process where new transactions are added to blockchain (while printing new coins in the process as a reward). The security section of the research center obtained from machines that have been connected to the internet (for security reasons, according to sources, such computers on a regular basis)
Source [coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/russian-scientists-arrested-crypto-mining-nuclear-lab/)