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5 Percent of Monero in Circulation Was Mined Through Malware, Research Finds via @cointelegraph
As reported by Cointelegraph, “A June 11 report by network and enterprise security company Palo Alto Networks has found that around 5 percent of all Monero (XMR) in circulation was mined maliciously. “According to the research, the mining has been done via cryptojacking, the practice of using other users’ computers’ processing power to mine for cryptocurrencies without the owners’ permission. “Josh […]
As reported by Cointelegraph, “A June 11 report by network and enterprise security company Palo Alto Networks has found that around 5 percent of all Monero (XMR) in circulation was mined maliciously.
“According to the research, the mining has been done via cryptojacking, the practice of using other users’ computers’ processing power to mine for cryptocurrencies without the owners’ permission.
“Josh Grunzweig of the Unit 42 threat research team collected data – around 470,000 unique samples – on how many cryptojacking miners have been identified within the Palo Alto Network WildFire platform.