[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":122},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/tnb-bitcoin-mining-power-theft-2019":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorPic":7,"body":8,"category":111,"coverPics":18,"date":112,"description":113,"extension":114,"meta":115,"navigation":116,"path":117,"seo":118,"stem":119,"type":120,"__hash__":121},"blogs/blog/tnb-bitcoin-mining-power-theft-2019.md","TNB counts RM106 million lost to bitcoin mining power theft","Malaysia Blockchain Association Team","https://api.dicebear.com/7.x/avataaars/svg?seed=mba-team-3",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":101},"minimark",[11,19,31,36,47,51,58,62,69,74],[12,13,14],"p",{},[15,16],"img",{"alt":17,"src":18},"Perimeter watch","/img/blog/gen/tnb-bitcoin-mining-power-theft-2019.svg",[12,20,21,22,26,27,30],{},"Malaysia's least glamorous crypto story keeps getting bigger. Figures from national utility ",[23,24,25],"strong",{},"Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)"," reveal that tampered electricity distribution boards used in illegal bitcoin-mining operations have cost the utility ",[23,28,29],{},"RM106 million"," (about US$25 million) as of June this year.",[32,33,35],"h2",{"id":34},"the-numbers","The numbers",[12,37,38,39,42,43,46],{},"TNB has recorded ",[23,40,41],{},"437 cases"," of mining-related power theft across Peninsular Malaysia — ",[23,44,45],{},"370 of them in Selangor"," alone. The pattern is consistent: miners bypass the meter entirely, tapping cables directly from the incoming supply and hiding connections above gypsum ceilings. The result is a premises with suspiciously low billed consumption running rows of ASIC rigs around the clock.",[32,48,50],{"id":49},"the-response","The response",[12,52,53,54,57],{},"TNB is conducting joint raids with the police, the Energy Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) and other agencies. Electricity theft is an offence under the ",[23,55,56],{},"Electricity Supply Act 1990",", and later operations have drawn in the MACC — including a case of a trader charged with bribing a TNB officer over mining connections.",[32,59,61],{"id":60},"the-associations-view","The association's view",[12,63,64,65,68],{},"Let's be clear about what's illegal here: ",[23,66,67],{},"mining itself is lawful in Malaysia — stealing electricity is not."," Every meter bypass and every house fire caused by overloaded wiring makes life harder for legitimate operators trying to build data-centre-grade mining businesses with proper power purchase agreements. The industry should be the loudest voice against power theft, not the quietest.",[70,71,73],"h3",{"id":72},"references","References",[75,76,77,87,94],"ul",{},[78,79,80],"li",{},[81,82,86],"a",{"href":83,"rel":84},"https://cointelegraph.com/news/malaysias-electric-utility-says-bitcoin-miners-stole-25m-in-power",[85],"nofollow","Cointelegraph — \"Malaysia's Electric Utility Says Bitcoin Miners Stole $25M in Power\" (15 Aug 2019)",[78,88,89],{},[81,90,93],{"href":91,"rel":92},"https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/macc-thwarts-operations-involved-electricity-theft-mine-bitcoin",[85],"The Edge Markets — \"MACC thwarts operations involved in electricity theft to mine Bitcoin\"",[78,95,96],{},[81,97,100],{"href":98,"rel":99},"https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/bitcoin-mining-trader-charged-bribing-tnb-officer",[85],"The Edge Markets — \"Bitcoin mining: Trader charged with bribing TNB officer\"",{"title":102,"searchDepth":103,"depth":103,"links":104},"",2,[105,106,107],{"id":34,"depth":103,"text":35},{"id":49,"depth":103,"text":50},{"id":60,"depth":103,"text":61,"children":108},[109],{"id":72,"depth":110,"text":73},3,"News","2019-08-15","Tenaga Nasional reports 437 cases of mining-related electricity theft — RM106 million lost as of June — with 370 cases in Selangor alone, as multi-agency raids intensify.","md",{},true,"/blog/tnb-bitcoin-mining-power-theft-2019",{"title":5,"description":113},"blog/tnb-bitcoin-mining-power-theft-2019","blog","_tsOhqnyJo5Ht9YTfD-KJEONlm3n058jdL6DShxaNlc",1784183600434]