bitcoin miners?! in mah websites?!

VegetableStu

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found one today in simplymaya.com/forum while doing digital spring cleaning ,_,

if anyone is (or knows someone who is) administering a vBulletin 4 forum, please pass the message to check their site for coinhive miner infections.
 

AleksandarK

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Btw, Miner in a website can be VERY EASLY implemented with just 5 or 6 lines of JavaScript code. I see why the people do it. It is basicly free money. And if someone has powerfull hardware...
 
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Biowarejak

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I mean yields per device are pretty low. My main problem with it is how it nonconsentually pushes the hardware and that it doesn't discriminate against mobile (battery powered) devices.