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Cryptocurrency mining attacks using leaked NSA hacking tools are still highly active a year later &#

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2018-09-16 16:15:58
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Submitted via IRC for Fnord666

It’s been over a year since highly classified exploits built by the National Security Agency were stolen and published online. One of the tools, dubbed EternalBlue, can covertly break into almost any Windows machine around the world. It didn’t take long for hackers to start using the ex…

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/14/cryptocurrency-mining-attacks-using-leaked-nsa-hacking-tools-are-still-highly-active-a-year-later/ [techcrunch.com]


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