Government websites have quietly been running cryptocoin mining scripts | Droolin Dog dot Net

A security researcher has discovered thousands of legitimate websites — many belonging to local governments and government agencies — running scripts that secretly force visitors’ computers to mine cryptocoins. In the UK, both the websites of the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Student Loan Company have found to be affected. The mining scripts were also found on the websites of the General Medical Council and NHS Inform. Ummm, so yeah, this is bad. I just had @phat_hobbit point out that @ICOnews has a cryptominer installed on their site… pic.twitter.com/xQhspR7A2f — Scott Helme (@Scott_Helme) February 11, 2018 On the other… This story continues at The Next Web Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/ncQbA0tSMXc/ Tags: *Headlines*, > Tech and Science | #ScienceTech, #Headlines, #TheNewz, Cryptocurrency | #Cryptocurrency, Government and Taxes | #Government, Hacking | #Hacked, Malware Alert | #Malware, #TopNews, #Trending

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