💻 Former Employee Mines ETH on Company Servers

[cryptoenthusiast]

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.

[kelson10]

Mining on corporate servers shows how insider misuse can blur lines between innovation and misconduct.

[alex10]

Firms must tighten internal policies as digital assets introduce new layers of ethical risk.