The American company Microsoft has secretly banned cryptocurrency mining through its services without any announcement. It has been reported Record.
A summary of the changes read by the publication, “The Acceptable Use Policy has been updated to clarify that neither the customer nor anyone accessing the online service through the customer may issue cryptocurrencies without Microsoft’s prior consent.”
It was noted that the institution announced this step by protecting its customers from cloud technologies. A representative of the company responded to a request from The Register that “Cryptocurrency mining can lead to malfunctions and even general disruption to the functioning of the services and their users.”
The new ban took effect on December 1 this year. According to the publication, this rule applies primarily to Azure cloud service customers.
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