The American company Microsoft has secretly banned cryptocurrency mining through its services without any announcement. This was reported by The Register.

“Acceptable Use Policy has been updated to clarify that neither the customer nor anyone accessing the online service through the customer may mine cryptocurrencies without prior authorization from Microsoft”– Indicated in the summary of changes that the publication is familiar with.

It was noted that the institution announced such a step by protecting its customers from cloud technologies. “Cryptocurrency mining can cause malfunction and even general disruption of services and their users”– Responded to company representative’s request from The Register.

The new ban took effect on December 1 this year. According to the publication, this rule primarily concerns customers of the Azure cloud service.