💻 Former Employee Mines ETH on Company Servers
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Joshua Paul Armbrust secretly mined Ethereum on Digital River’s systems for ~1 year using his old AWS access.
Mined ETH nightly from 6 PM – 7 AM
Earned ~$5,900
Cost the company $45,000 in server fees
He was sentenced to 3 years probation and must pay fines.
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Mining on corporate servers shows how insider misuse can blur lines between innovation and misconduct.