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[IP] NSA leak fuels rise in hacking for crypto mining: report
DAVID FARBER
2018-09-19 22:02:27 UTC
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Date: September 20, 2018 at 4:31:51 AM GMT+9
Subject: NSA leak fuels rise in hacking for crypto mining: report
Washington (AFP) - Illicit cryptocurrency mining has been surging over the past year, in part due to a leaked software tool from the US National Security Agency, researchers said Wednesday.
A report by the Cyber Threat Alliance, an association of cybersecurity firms and experts, said it detected a 459 percent increase in the past year of illicit crypto mining -- a technique used by hackers to steal the processing power of computers to create cryptocurrency...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nsa-leak-fuels-rise-hacking-crypto-mining-report-152231838.html
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