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More and more websites are mining crypto-coins in your browser to pay their bills, line pockets
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/13/cryypto_mining/Sketchy websites are increasingly using cryptocurrency mining as a source of income.
CoinHive – the most prevalent cryptocurrency mining code provider – and its clones are becoming an alternative to dodgy advertising affiliate programs and survey scams in many cases.
More than 220 websites – mostly porn sites and torrent trackers – silently launch mining threads when surfers visit their sites, according to a new study by Adguard. The consumer-focused security firm reckons at least $43K was mined in Monero, as of October 10, based on the average time spent on website. Cryptocurrency mining code contaminated websites with an aggregated audience of 500 million people.
Cryptojacking scripts sometimes turn up on mainstream websites. For example, TV channel Showtime and the official website of Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo were both caught harbouring CoinHive code recently. Pirate Bay admitted that it had experimented with the technology, something that happened without telling users beforehand.
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