1 Million Computers Hacked to Mine $2 Million-Worth of Cryptos

Over the course of two years two million dollars was earned form a cryptocurrency mining malware. According to a local news report on Monday, police in China's Da Lian city have arrested 20 suspects from a computer technology firm who allegedly gained control of the large number of computers in order profit from illicit cryptocurrency mining.

The malware was embedded in internet browser plug-ins that was developed for various purposes like enhanced browsing speed. These plug-ins where shown in display ads that reached 5 million computers in the country.

Over a million computers installed the plug-ins and a total of 26 million digibyte, decred and siacoin tokens where mined. The smaller coins where picked to mine because they require less computing power and hence making it harder to be spotted by victims.

Guys don’t download plug-ins online if you don’t know where they are form. And keep your crypto holdings on the low.

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