Cybercriminals Hacks UK Government Websites, Exploits Visitors CPU For Crypto Mining:
Cybercriminals Hacks UK Government Websites, Exploits Visitors CPU For Crypto Mining
Several Government websites in UK secretly forced visitors' computers to exploit monero for cyber criminals.
Security researcher Scott Helme identified the problem originated from Browsealoud, a software that helps blind and visually impaired people use the Internet. It has recently been compromised by cybercriminals who have added a cryptojacking script. As a result, anyone visiting a website that uses the software had their computer's processing power used to earn money for cybercriminals through Monero Mining.
Monero (XMR) is a Cryptonote algorithm based cryptocurrency, an alternative for bitcoin. it relies on Ring Signatures in order to provide a certain degree of privacy when making a transaction. Monero is a Proof of Work cryptocurrency that can be mined with computational power from a CPU or GPU.
Cybercriminals Hacks UK Government Websites, Exploits Visitors CPU For Crypto Mining
Several Government websites in UK secretly forced visitors' computers to exploit monero for cyber criminals.
Security researcher Scott Helme identified the problem originated from Browsealoud, a software that helps blind and visually impaired people use the Internet. It has recently been compromised by cybercriminals who have added a cryptojacking script. As a result, anyone visiting a website that uses the software had their computer's processing power used to earn money for cybercriminals through Monero Mining.
Monero (XMR) is a Cryptonote algorithm based cryptocurrency, an alternative for bitcoin. it relies on Ring Signatures in order to provide a certain degree of privacy when making a transaction. Monero is a Proof of Work cryptocurrency that can be mined with computational power from a CPU or GPU.
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