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Canadian man extradited to US over alleged university supercomputer crypto-mining plot

Prosecutors allege that Ryan Roach and a co-defendant targeted U.S. universities with supercomputers, stealing logins and secretly mining crypto, according to Decrypt. The report says Roach was extradited from Canada to the United States over the alleged plot.

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  • Reported by Decrypt alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet

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What the sources claim

  1. Prosecutors allege Ryan Roach and a co-defendant targeted U.S. universities with supercomputers, stealing logins and secretly mining crypto.

    “Prosecutors say Ryan Roach and a co-defendant targeted U.S. universities with supercomputers, stealing logins and secretly mining crypto.”
    Decrypt

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