Hackers Use NSA Exploit to Mine Monero Using Victims’ Computers by zeroshiki

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cryptocurrency · @zeroshiki · Jun 22 '17

$0.97

Hackers Use NSA Exploit to Mine Monero Using Victims’ Computers

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Reports have surfaced detailing a malware trojan that uses an NSA hacking tool to infect Windows computers with a cryptocurrency mining bug. The virus identifies available resources on a victim’s PC that can be used to initiate the mining of XMR (Monero).

The Trojan Was First Reported by Russian Antivirus Dr.Web

Bleeping Computer has reported that malware authors are utilizing an NSA hacking exploit to infect Windows computers with a trojan that identifies available resources to divert toward mining Monero (XMR), a privacy-oriented alternative cryptocurrency.

Read more here: https://news.bitcoin.com/hackers-use-nsa-exploit-to-mine-monero-using-victims-computers/

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@firstamendment · Jun 22 '17

better than having to deal with ransomware.

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@flatearth · Jun 22 '17

$0.05

Oye vay  ! :)

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@johnpm75 · Jun 22 '17

$0.02

Very interesting, do you think that Microsoft is going to deliver a security patch or is this a back door that was given to the NSA that is now in the hands of the hackers?

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