How Scammers Steal Your Computing Power to Mine Cryptocurrencies
(WorldNews Argentina)

Cryptojacking, an internet scam found on thousands of websites in which nefarious actors mine cryptocurrencies on computers without users` permission, has been on the rise since the prices of bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies began spiking last year. The con involves websites stealing computational power from a visitor`s computer to execute the algorithms that are involved in cryptocurrency mining, which requires significant amounts of energy . ......