SERDANG: A total of 40 sets of computers and equipment worth around RM600,000 were stolen after a shop used to mine bitcoins was broken into by four men.It is learnt that the store was broken into between 12.40am and 9am on Thursday (Jan 25).Serdang OCPD Asst Comm Megat Mohamad Aminuddin Megat Alias said the shop’s owner discovered that a padlock on the store’s front door was damaged when he arrived at about 9am.“The computers for bitcoin mining were stored on the third floor of the shop.“The shop owner claimed that the computers used are owned by his friend, who had placed the computers there on Tuesday (Jan 23),” he said when contacted.He added that CCTV footage showed four men breaking into the shop.“We also collected 22 fingerprints,” he said.To get new bitcoins, miners use special software to solve math problems. It’s a process that gets more and more difficult, requiring ever more powerful computers to crunch the numbers. A lot of electricity is consumed and a lot of heat is generated during the process.