The Japanese received a year in prison for a hidden miner for gamers

Japan condemned the unemployed man for a hidden mining tools for cheating in games. This may be the world’s first such case. About the incident told the Japanese newspaper Nikkei.

Chinkara Yoshida (Yoshida Shinkaru) got a year in prison with suspended sentence for three years. He had built in cheat FOR the hidden solution for mining. For this we used the program Coinhive which produces a cryptocurrency Monero.

Interestingly, the hapless miner managed to earn only 5000 yen, which is about 45 USD. Cheat tool Chinkara has been downloaded 90 times before he was exposed. This is another reason why everyone is so surprised at such a harsh verdict.


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