- Cryptocurrency mining in Southeast Asia is increasingly linked to electricity theft and organized crime.
- In Malaysia, a raid in Johor uncovered 71 mining machines running illegally, causing estimated losses of €14,500 in one month.
- Between 2020 and 2025, Malaysian utility TNB identified nearly 14,000 premises involved in crypto-related electricity theft, with cumulative losses of about €1.1 billion.
- Thailand dismantled three major illegal mining networks in 2025, seizing over 6,390 machines and costing the electricity authority more than €24.9 million.