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Thousands of websites around the world – from the UK's NHS and ICO to the US government's court system – were today secretly mining crypto-coins on netizens' web browsers for miscreants unknown.
The affected sites all use a fairly popular plugin called Browsealoud, made by Brit biz Texthelp, which reads out webpages for blind or partially sighted people.
This technology was compromised in some way – either by hackers or rogue insiders altering Browsealoud's source code – to silently inject Coinhive's Monero miner into every webpage offering Browsealoud.
For several hours today, anyone who visited a site that embedded Browsealoud inadvertently ran this hidden mining code on their computer, generating money for the miscreants behind the caper.
Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/11/browsealoud_compromised_coinhive/
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday February 13 2018, @06:06PM
Browsing websites without NoScript is like visiting the street ladies without wearing rubbers. You will eventually catch something unpleasant.
Yes, it's often inconvenient, but unlike sex with condoms, NoScript browsing is often a more pleasurable experience.