Bitcoin miner manages to make a fortune using flash drives, Justice Department hacked and hackers demand ransom, Intel Core i9-12900HK chip outperforms 16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Max on benchmarks , this is the recap.
A miner with a fairly inexpensive setup has won 6.25 bitcoins, or around 200,000 euros, the Ministry of Justice has been targeted by ransomware and hackers are threatening to release sensitive data, the M1 Max chip of Apple’s MacBook Pro is no match for the Intel Core i9-12900HK Alder Lake on benchmarks. Come on, let’s go for the recap of the day of January 27, 2022!
The Intel i9-12900HK Alder Lake would have the edge over Apple’s M1 Max chip, really?
According to a test of the MSI GE76 Raider PC equipped with the new Intel Core i9-12900HK Alder Lake chip, it would be slightly more powerful than the Apple M1 Max processor found for example on the MacBook Pro 16 inches. Indeed, the Intel chip would be 7% more powerful on the Geekbench 5 benchmark. However, it should be noted that it consumes much more than its Apple rival, since it requires more than 100 W, against only 40 W for the M1 Max.
To read : The Intel i9-12900HK Alder Lake blows out Apple’s M1 Max chip in these benchmarks
The Ministry of Justice victim of a ransomware
The Ministry of Justice was reportedly the target of the LockBit ransomware, capable of accessing data before encrypting their access to make them unusable. As Defend Intelligence suggests, it is possible that hackers have in their possession the confidential information of citizens. The hackers demand the payment of a ransom before February 10, under penalty of disclosing data compromised thanks to the hacking of the site of the Ministry of Justice.
To read : Justice Department targeted by ransomware, hackers threaten to release sensitive data
He mines Bitcoin on USB keys and makes a fortune
While most miners invest tens of thousands of dollars in rigs filled with graphics cards, some are instead turning to more affordable solutions such as Gekkoscience’s $250 Compac F. It is a small computing unit whose power is 200 gigahashes per second or 350 gigahashes when overlocked. A miner decided to use 9 at once and managed to make a fortune. Indeed, he managed to solve a bitcoin network block equivalent to 6.25 Bitcoins, or $215,000.
To read – Bitcoin: he earns 200,000 euros by mining with USB keys
