A story about an abnormally high electricity consumption computer at one enterprise…

An old friend calls me.

Speaks, help!

The server at work went crazy – consumes so much electricity, but for a legal entity it is expensive… Sysdamin hasn't been able to figure it out for so long, a lot, They even bought him new spare parts, everything is useless. And the experts were called – didn't help.

-Will you help me?, Yes? Let me free up the day for you, employees anything – look, what can be done,A?

Me too, found technical support, Crap. But it’s awkward to refuse – acquaintances after all, sometimes we help each other out.

I want to make everything easier … stop! Sysadmin, high energy consumption, new spare parts … I think I understand what's wrong.

Is it true, I don’t understand how they figured out that it was from the server energy overconsumption, oh well.

-Tell me, buddy, last name, first name and patronymic of your system administrator, date of birth and phone number. I'll try to explain to him over the phone, how to fix the situation.

I'm calling.

• Hello, So-and-so So-and-so So-and-so, such and such year of birth?

-Hello,Yes…

-Dept “TO”, major ****. You are suspected of colluding with a terrorist group ****** – namely co-financing with cryptocurrencies through mining . The main traffic was recorded at: **********. You need to drive up this way – that address, equipment will be confiscated.

It doesn’t matter what he was bleating there, but it was clearly audible and clear that he was very scared and confused.

I, enjoying the show a bit, interrupted him and explained the situation. An hour between the option of losing your job and the prospect – another to mine at government expense, the unfortunate businessman preferred the first.

Total, bottom line – Half an hour later I called my friend and told him, that the problem is solved. And what is the sysadmin, as a specialist, will figure out what and how next.

There was incredible delight on the other end of the line, and in general I almost have superpowers. And genius… cold, I'm tying myself to praise.

Don't know, did I do the right thing, giving that guy a second chance – sysadmin, but so far there have been no such complaints.

This is the case)