Capital One hacker indicted by authorities for illegal cryptocurrency mining, crypto-jacking operations

2019-8-29 19:00

In the latest update from the Capital One illegal cryptocurrency mining case, hacker Paige Thompson has been indicted for stealing data, in addition to using stolen computer power for crypto-mining activities.

Thompson has also been accused of crypto-jacking. As crypto-mining activities require large amounts of computing power and hardware, Thompson had designed a scanning software […]

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