http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/02/11/government-websites-secretly-mining-cryptocurrency/
This is the kind of thing that gives cryptocurrency a bad name and makes govts mad.
I recently had that experience this past few weeks, a website that i normally downloaded movies from started to slow down my laptop when i opened it to the point that i wasn't able to do anything buy had to shut down my computer after installing an antivirus i found out that it was a coinminer. Quote
A host of government websites were found to be running a power-pinching program that uses visitors' computers to mine cryptocurrency, a process known as "cryptojacking".
Thousands of websites, including the Information Commissioner's Office, the Scottish NHS helpline and the Student Loans company along with hundreds of other central and local government sites appear to have been hijacked by hackers to mine cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Ethereum.
The services were infected with malware called Coinhive, which sits on a website and steals the processing power of its visitors' devices to mine Bitcoin or alternative coins that are stored in an anonymous digital wallet, to be withdrawn at a later date.
Thousands of websites, including the Information Commissioner's Office, the Scottish NHS helpline and the Student Loans company along with hundreds of other central and local government sites appear to have been hijacked by hackers to mine cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Ethereum.
The services were infected with malware called Coinhive, which sits on a website and steals the processing power of its visitors' devices to mine Bitcoin or alternative coins that are stored in an anonymous digital wallet, to be withdrawn at a later date.
This is the kind of thing that gives cryptocurrency a bad name and makes govts mad.
