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Malaysia's Ministry of Energy said that between 2020 and August this year, the country's state-owned utility company, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), has lost more than $1 billion due to the illegal use of electricity by cryptocurrency miners. The Ministry of Energy and Water Transition of Malaysia released the...
According to Malaysian state media, the Cambodian prime minister and the Thai acting prime minister will travel to Malaysia on Monday to discuss the conflict.
On May 12, the Malaysian national energy company (Tenaga Nasional Berhad) released a statement on May 12, 2025, saying that between 2018 and 2024, the number of electricity theft cases related to illegal cryptocurrency mining in the country rose from 610 to 2,397, an increase of 300%. These companies steal subsidized electricity by tampering with meters...
