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Is your browser slower than normal? Hackers could
be mining
Bitcoin on your
computer without
you ever
knowing, warn
experts
● Networks and machines are being taken over
in a process
called
cryptojacking
● Computers are secretly put to use in
mining
cryptocurrencies
like Bitcoin
● Users may not even know its happened
although devices
may slow down
● Among high profile targets was a public
Wi-fi at a
Starbucks in
Buenos Aires
Over the past year, Bitcoin has seen its value
increase by 1,000
per cent, so its
perhaps
unsurprising that
its become an
attractive target
for hackers.
In a process called cryptojacking, cyber
criminals are
taking over
networks and
computers to put
them to use in
mining the
cryptocurrency and
others like it.
Among recent high profile targets was a public
Wi-fi at a
Starbucks, where
suspicious code
was found that
turned visitors'
devices into money
makers for crooks.
Dec 14, 2017 by Tim Collins
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