Italian man caught allegedly using airport computer systems for ETH mining

You can't just mine crypto for profit using other people's systems without them approving it.

An Italian airport staffer allegedly took advantage of the computer systems at his place of work in order to mine Ethereum.

Employed at an airport located in the Italian city of Lamezia Terme, the staffer allegedly put mining malware onto the airport's computer systems, said a news brief today from Italian media outlet Rai News.

The employee is said to have set up multiple mining rigs on site, taking advantage of the airport's backend systems in the process.

Authorities eventually caught the culprit via security cam footage.

Technical services provide Sacal Global Solutions oversees the technical framework for the airports in the Italian region of Calabria.

The airport employee, aged 41, is believed to have tapped into Sacal's systems in order to install the mining malware.

The staffer's actions put the airport's backend computer systems at risk, the news brief added.

Crypto mining malware is not an uncommon threat in the industry.

Near the peak of the last crypto bull market in Jan. 2018, such malware reportedly plagued 55% of the globe's companies.