Hackers used malicious YouTube ads to siphon CPU power for crytopcurrency mining

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YouTube has plugged a hole in its video platform that allowed adverts to surreptitiously siphon a user's computer power to mine cryptocurrency. Security firm Trend Micro discovered that adverts on YouTube appeared to be leaching power from the processor of a the computer or laptop on which ...

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