The district’s IT team noticed earlier this month that network traffic had spiked unusually, leading to IT workers discovering the devices sold by Bobcat, a company that sells Wi-Fi hotspots designed to plumb for a digital token called HNT, which can be traded for better-known currencies like bitcoin and ethereum.
Russian central bank proposes a ban on cryptocurrency use. Regulator warns of risks to financial stability. Analysts say the wider impact is negligible for now. Ban on cryptocurrency exchanges also proposed