A hacker took advantage of vulnerabilities in Synology network attached storage boxes popular with home users to mine more than $600,000 worth of the digital currency Dogecoin. The attack exploited four vulnerabilities in the Synology boxes DiskStation Manager Linux-based operating system. The bugs were reported last September and patched in February. The attacks became public on Feb. 8 when users reported poor performance and high CPU usage, researchers Pat Litke and David Shear said. The vulnerabilities were serious, and users were exposed for five months.
Source: https://threatpost.com/hacker-exploits-nas-vulnerabilities-to-mine-620k-in-dogecoin/106756/