If you like deepfakes, you might be mining cryptocurrency

If you like deepfakes, you might be mining cryptocurrency

6 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/deepfakes-users-computers-hacked-to-mine-cryptocurrency/

Your computer can do amazing things for you, but what can it do for hackers? Try this: make money.

That's what happened when web users navigated to a forum for fans of doctored videos, called deepfakes. According to researchers from Malwarebytes, code running on the website commandeered visitors' computers to mine Monero, a form of cryptocurrency, as long as the webpage was open on the browser.