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Government Websites Deliver Cryptocurrency Mining Code

U.S., U.K. and Australian government websites began using visitors’ PCs to mine for Monero cryptocurrency. The websites use accessibility software called Browsealoud designed to magnify, read aloud or translate text. Someone modified a JavaScript library within the software to include Coinhive, which is a tool for mining Monero. The malicious code ran for about four hours before its security systems caught it. The incident is under investigation, but the company says it didn’t do anything else malicious.”]

Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/government-websites-deliver-cryptocurrency-mining-code-a-10643

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