http://www.techradar.com/news/nefarious-bitcoin-miners-have-hijacked-government-websites-worldwide >In a hack of unprecedented scope, thousands of government websites around the world have been compromised as part of a criminal scheme to mine a cryptocurrency called Monero, which like Bitcoin and Ethereum is blockchain based, but with a greater focus on transaction privacy. >Security researcher Scott Helme made the initial discovery, publishing an enormous list of 4,275 government sites spanning several countries, including the US, UK and Australia, that were infected by a malware known as Coinhive.