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Showtime Caught Mining Cryptocurrency With Viewers’ PCs

Ifeadi C. 08:59 ExtremeTechExtremeTech, Zero Tech Blog

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Malware? Nope, Showtime apparently intended to do this by integrating the Coinhive mining API.

The post Showtime Caught Mining Cryptocurrency With Viewers’ PCs appeared first on ExtremeTech.

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