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NSA leak fuels rise in hacking for crypto mining: report
From: "DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:02:27 +0900
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From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <geoff () iconia com> Date: September 20, 2018 at 4:31:51 AM GMT+9 To: interesting stuff list <is () iconia com> 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 -- Geoff.Goodfellow () iconia com living as The Truth is True http://geoff.livejournal.com This message was sent to the list address and trashed, but can be found online.
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