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The crypto-jacking epidemic continues, 280K infected routers detected to date

The crypto-jacking epidemic continues, 280K infected routers detected to date

September 10, 2018

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The blockchain space has been under siege by a massive crypto-jacking campaign. It’s designed to surreptitiously steal your computer power to mine cryptocurrency – and it appears the attackers are showing no signs of slowing down.

Just in the past couple of days, researchers have found an additional 3,700 routers to be running malicious cryptocurrency software in secret. As it stands, the total number of compromised devices detected exceeds 280,000 – an increase of 80,000 in just over 30 days.

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