泰国 PEA 关闭比特币矿场，原因是窃取价值数百万泰铢的电力

泰国省电力局关闭了一个比特币矿场，原因是篡改电表窃取价值数亿泰铢的电力。

Thailand’s Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has shut down a Bitcoin mining farm after discovering that its operators tampered with power meters to steal electricity worth hundreds of millions of baht.

泰国省电力局（PEA）发现比特币矿场运营商篡改电表窃取价值数亿泰铢的电力后，关闭了该矿场。

Acting on a tip-off, the PEA, in collaboration with the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), conducted a raid on the mining farm situated in the Phanat Nikhom district of Chonburi on Monday.

根据举报，PEA 与犯罪抑制部门 (CSD) 合作，于周一对位于春武里府 Phanat Nikhom 区的矿场进行了突击搜查。

During the operation, authorities seized 996 Bitcoin mining rigs and uncovered a scheme devised by the farm’s operators to manipulate their electricity meters.

在行动中，当局查获了 996 台比特币挖矿设备，并发现了农场经营者设计的一个操纵电表的计划。

This operation enabled them to use electricity for their mining activities largely free of charge, resulting in massive losses for the Thai state electricity provider.

这项业务使他们能够在很大程度上免费使用电力进行采矿活动，从而给泰国国家电力供应商带来了巨大损失。

The authorities have yet to identify those responsible for running the operation, but the CSD is obtaining arrest warrants from the court.

当局尚未确定该行动的负责人，但惩教署正在从法院获得逮捕令。

According to the PEA, the operation was planned meticulously to avoid raising suspicions. An unnamed staff member testified that the theft was cleverly timed to occur only at night.

据PEA称，这次行动是经过精心策划的，以避免引起怀疑。一位不愿透露姓名的工作人员作证说，盗窃案被巧妙地安排在晚上发生。

During the day, the power meter functioned as usual to evade detection by the authorities.

白天，功率计照常工作以逃避当局的检测。

Bitcoin mining is a complex process that involves using high-powered computers to solve mathematical problems, which helps verify transactions and create new bitcoins.

比特币挖矿是一个复杂的过程，涉及使用高性能计算机来解决数学问题，这有助于验证交易并创建新的比特币。

Being an energy-intensive activity, electricity comprises the largest operational cost for Bitcoin miners, prompting some operators to engage in illegal activities to increase their profit margins.

作为一种能源密集型活动，电力是比特币矿商最大的运营成本，促使一些运营商从事非法活动以提高利润率。

Thailand’s power grid has been persistently abused by illegal miners. Over the past year, several raids have been conducted after the country experienced a mining boom following China’s crackdown on the sector in 2021.

泰国的电网一直遭到非法采矿者的滥用。 2021 年中国对采矿业进行打击后，该国经历了采矿业繁荣，过去一年里，该国进行了多次突击搜查。

In August 2024, the PEA took down a similar operation in Ratchaburi, a town west of Bangkok, after discovering unregistered miners draining power from the local electricity grid.

2024 年 8 月，PEA 在发现未注册的矿工耗尽当地电网电力后，取缔了曼谷西部小镇拉差布里府 (Ratchaburi) 的一项类似行动。

The incident led to frequent blackouts in the area and higher costs for residents.

该事件导致该地区频繁停电，居民成本上升。

More recently, two individuals from the Surat Thani province were charged with stealing over $280,000 in electricity to power their mining rigs in an abandoned property.

最近，来自素叻他尼省的两名个人被指控盗窃超过 28 万美元的电力，为他们在废弃房产中的采矿设备供电。

Meanwhile, back in 2022, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in Bangkok spearheaded a series of raids, dismantling over 50 crypto-mining operations that were causing yearly losses of over $10 million in stolen electricity.

与此同时，早在 2022 年，曼谷特别调查部 (DSI) 就带头开展了一系列突袭行动，捣毁了 50 多个加密采矿作业，这些作业每年因被盗电力而造成超过 1000 万美元的损失。

Similar activities have been uncovered in other parts of the world. As previously reported by crypto.news, Malaysia’s national electricity provider disclosed losses upwards of $100 million in an October 2024 report.

世界其他地区也发现了类似的活动。正如 crypto.news 之前报道的那样，马来西亚国家电力供应商在 2024 年 10 月的一份报告中披露了超过 1 亿美元的损失。

The losses were attributed to electricity theft to run Bitcoin mining hardware, prompting the government to take action.

这些损失归因于运行比特币挖矿硬件的窃电，促使政府采取行动。

These incidents have sparked a global reckoning, with governments tightening regulations, limiting electricity use, hiking tariffs, and even imposing outright bans to exert greater control over the crypto-mining industry.

这些事件引发了全球反思，各国政府收紧监管、限制用电、提高关税，甚至实施彻底禁令，以对加密货币挖矿行业施加更大的控制。