Showtime Caught Mining Cryptocurrency With Viewers' PCs - ExtremeTech

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Showtime Caught Mining Cryptocurrency With Viewers' PCs
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Recent visitors to Showtime's website got more than competently produced, premium cable series streamed on-demand. They also got a spike in CPU usage, as Showtime used their systems to mine cryptocurrency. So, was this malware? Perhaps a bad ad ...
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