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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on September 26, 2017, 17:48:40

Title: CBS owned 'Showtime' joins The Pirate Bay and rogue chrome extensions in using your CPU to mine cryptocurrency
Post by: Redaktion on September 26, 2017, 17:48:40
CoinHive's cryptomining JavaScript has been found embedded in the site code of two of Showtime's websites, causing increases CPU usage. The script has now been removed, but silence from Showtime leaves the question open on whether they had placed the code there, or if their websites were hacked.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/CBS-owned-Showtime-joins-The-Pirate-Bay-and-rogue-chrome-extensions-in-using-your-CPU-to-mine-cryptocurrency.251658.0.html