Wonder what the future holds....

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Wow I wouldn’t have thought they would be so bold and not think they would get caught.

They do this job as Amazon Free Trial.

Linux system is installed and BTC mining is being done. The system is very simple and people get serious money with this method by continuously trialing. The system does not recognize and prohibits users. But this never stops the greedy people.

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I'm not sure exactly how much hashing a cloud server could manage, but I do doubt it was worth the effort of trying in the first place. More likely this was a hacker challenge to prove the concept rather then for real gain. It does make you wonder though if hackers will deliberately target bitcoin mining in general - hacking into other people's mining equipment and changing the pool and workers to the hackers could be very profitable - especially if it takes the owner of the equipment some time to notice!

Imagine if Amazon did mining themselves...

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Thanks for the great content

Hackers are extremely gifted I just read an article about some Ethereum hackers that was able to gain access into an ICOs entire holdings for a test of security & they managed to breach it. Scary & ingenius at the same time

Great article, thank you :)

@jcornel Gosh that is really disturbing news!

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False flag, it is Amazon just preparing for 26th October conference announcement, bitcoin will be accepted

may be the only way to prevent this is to stop POW type of mining .
it will be good for the environment as well.
I really think, we , the crypto communities should really urge all coins to move away from POW to something more environmental friendly methods...

Interesting but isnt reliable

Important to emphasize that both "hacks" were the result of insecure passwords... Being prudent with digital security isn't hard, it's mostly about good password protection.

Wonder how much Hash power amazon have haha

I'm familiar with this to be honest. Nothing I'm proud of being around 2011 I remember installing miners on some computers in the school I was attending then. Ultimately, I decided to delete them all before being caught and I have no idea where my wallet from that era is.

But lesson learnt is, if you're determined enough you can find an ethical way to mine and profit from cryptocurrencies.  Whether it's Proof of Work or Proof of Brain like it is here on Steemit.

Thanks for the post @jrcornel

@jrcornel thanks for this upload,do you have any further information you could shre with Community, I think everyone should know this because me and several others in this Community use Amazon, I appreciate your good work,I follow you,greetings.

Pff, hacking and mining, seems a wedding ,...those "belong" to eachother ,.. its a pity,..  but it always be the case,...

Jusy like DDoS attack that happens in steemit lately?

Great content! Thx

I always wonder how things would be if all the knowledge and ingenuity used for hacking was used for positive things.

John McAfee predicted Bitcoin mining hacks would occur to use cpu for mining. He also predicts that hackers will mine Bitcoin by hacking into the network of billions of smart appliances now throughout the world with little to no security in place. This will go unnoticed in the appliances and is not a threat to them but is a real threat to Bitcoin.

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.

Hiii @jrcornel, very informative and valuable update you shared thanks for that. Nice article about hackers, thanks a lot sir, your efforts for community are appreciated and much impressive,,.

If i were them it would be monero or dash so they can't track me

Interesting times indeed.....don't worry about your personal info, worry that your computing power will be stolen.  We are seeing some shifts in society aren't we?  Brave new world.

Thanks for the info, never knew that bitcoin could be mined from amazon.

nice post

a debt of gratitude is in order for this upload,do you have any additional data you could shre with Community, I figure everybody should know this since me and a few others in this Community utilize Amazon, I value your great work,I take after you,greetings

Mining can be done any where.

There hackers aren't very savvy! Why in the hell would you mine Bitcoin with a bunch of hacked servers when you could mine plenty of other alts like Monero that far more profitable?

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nice post i like it