2018-6-16 22:47 |
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Japanese police from 10 prefectures have arrested website operators using Coinhive to tap into the computer power of their site visitors to mine cryptocurrencies without consent.
They are accused of violating the law banning the use of computer viruses.
The police have been monitoring the Coinhive program since it was released.
The Japan Times reported the National Police Agency saying:
Sixteen people in Japan have been found to have embedded computer programs on their own websites to use personal computers of viewers for cryptocurrency mining without their consent…These people have been accused of violating the law banning the use of computer viruses.
All of the accused operate their own websites which allegedly had programs installed to use visitors’ computers to mine crypto.
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