A New York State county employee brings new meaning to the phrase energize your work. The IT supervisor allegedly wove cryptocurrency mining into his workspace, draining what could turn out to be tens of thousands of dollars in energy expenses from a Long Island local government office. Christopher Naples now faces a slew of charges, including public corruption and grand larceny that could potentially send him to jail for 15 years. Mining for cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, requires networks of computers to crunch numbers, leading to exorbitant electricity costs. While miners could use one home computer to find ... (full story)