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Discussions tagged with nuclear research institute on WindowsForum.com cover an incident at the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF), a Russian nuclear facility, where engineers were arrested for using supercomputers to mine cryptocurrency. The topic intersects with computing resource management, security policy, and the misuse of high-performance systems. While the forum focuses on Windows and general tech, this tag highlights a specific case of unauthorized computing activity at a sensitive research institute.
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    NEWS Russian nuclear weapons engineers caught minting blockchange with supercomputer

    Russia's Interfax News Agency reports that engineers at the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF)—the Russian Federation Nuclear Center facility where scientists designed the Soviet Union's first nuclear bomb—have been arrested for mining cryptocurrency with...
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