The Icelandic computer service Advania confirmed with his security images that the police had apprehended the two men for the three burglaries in the centers in Iceland last December and January, local news agency Visir reported on 21 February.

Visir had previously reported that there were three burglaries in total, from a period of December 5, 2017 to January 16, 2018, and that 600 graphics cards, 100 blocks of paper, Power supply, 100 motherboards, 100 memory disks and 100 processors were removed from a house in the municipality of Reykjanesbær.

The burglars also entered the data centers of Borgarbyggð municipality, with a total of 600 stolen PCs at both locations

Advania announced that thieves had been introduced in a new building under construction in Reykjanesbær in mid-January, but fortunately the building was well covered

Advania told Visir that what was stolen was "not a device that stores data and that there was only a financial loss ", but that they can not specify what kind of equipment

Several centers Advania data are designed specifically for Bitcoin Mining (BTC), and Iceland has become a hotspot for crypto-miners attracted to the naturally cold climate and the access to According to the local news agency Ruv, the police monitored the has energy consumption for abnormal increases after theft, because the stolen computer equipment could be used to exploit the BTC, a process heavy in energy. It is not yet known if the equipment remains in Iceland; Ruv reports that the two men currently in custody have not cooperated with the police.

The total amount stolen from the three burglaries is estimated at 200 million krónur, or $ 1,990,000

Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson, CEO of Advania Data Centers, said that a quarter or one fifth of this total value had been stolen from Advania.