Cyber security firm Vectra points out that its not just hackers who target university systems to run cryptocurrency mining, but students too who do that in a bid to make some extra money, exploiting their inside access to the academic networks. Cybersecurity firm had analyzed the top five industries exhibiting cryptocurrency-mining attack behaviors, namely Higher Education, Technology, Entertainment and Leisure, Financial Services and Healthcare over a period of six months. The analysis covered a total of 246 organisations and 4.5 million connected devices. The study report found that on an average, there were 165 infected devices and 1,403 malicious activities per 10,000 systems.”]
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