From Porn Sites to Starbucks Wi-Fi, CPUs Are Getting Hijacked to Mine Cryptocoins

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Warehouses of servers use high-powered processors and tons of electricity to beat everyone and win the tokens. But turning a network of people who are watching pirated videos or porn into a big supercomputer is a lot cheaper. Security firm Trustwave estimated that if Coinhive runs on a computer 24 ...

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