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Identity Theft

Hacked websites force visitors to mine cryptocurrency

Reported by itproportal.com

Schools and charities among those affected in mining scam.Cyber-security experts are warning that criminals are hacking into other people’s machines to generate cryptocurencies for them. According to a Trend Micro report, school, charity and file-sharing websites have been found infected with a particular code that makes the visitor’s machine generate currency.

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