Louisiana Attorney General Probes Own IT Dept Over Bitcoin Mining Allegations

The Louisiana Advocate General, Jeff Landry, has opened a bent analysis into his own office’s advice technology division, including its afresh ousted director, over allegations that above advisers acclimated accompaniment assets to abundance bitcoin.

While bisected a dozen IT advisers were accursed in September, Landry has until now banned to accede the inquiry.

State And Federal Inquiries
The accompaniment agency of analysis questioned advisers afterwards board begin mining hardware, according to sources. No accuse accept yet been filed, according to The Advocate.

One law administration official, speaking anonymously, said computer systems could accept been compromised. The FBI has questioned the IT section’s above director, sources said.

The FBI reportedly advised claims that IT staffers exchanged emails about a “logic bomb,” a cipher that sets off awful computer action afterward a assertive aeon of time. Two above advisers told The Advocate that accompaniment board begin those emails. For above IT administrator reportedly told board he had no ability of such a “bomb.”

The FBI chose not to animadversion on the probe.

Fired Advisers Claim Innocence
Three of the concluded employees, speaking on action of anonymity, told The Advocate their firings were due to a confounding by the advocate general’s appointment and denied any wrongdoing.

One above agent said she was accursed about the time the apprehensive accessories was apparent in mid-September.

Landry beneath to animadversion on the investigation.