Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigates two Bureau of Meteorology employees for allegedly using desktop computers to exploit cryptocurrencies. Corporation (ABC) reports today, March 8.

AFP appeared before the Bureau of Meteorology last week, Feb. 28, with a search warrant and interviewed two IT employees, one of whom went on leave. ABC reports that no charges have yet been filed, and AFP and the Bureau of Meteorology have declined to comment pending the ongoing investigation.

Chris Berg of RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub told ABC that alleged employees could either have used the calculating power of the office to extract crypto, or use its electricity to avoid paying their own bills. Electricity:

"One possibility is that they try to use some of the equipment that the Bureau of Meteorology have [sic] The Bureau of Meteorology has very fast computers, but another possibility is that they are simply trying to charge the Meteorological Bureau for electricity, and they probably did not want to pay for themselves. "

Last month, in such a similar plot, several Russian nuclear engineers were arrested after attempting to use one of the largest effects for crypto extraction.