September 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Pirate Bay Borrows Users’ CPU To Generate Crytocurrency Without Notifying

While Bitcoin price levels have now bounced back to $4,080, up from all-time lows of $2,941, Pirate Bay is now testing a new strategy for mining cryptocurrency – using their visitors’ computers without asking for permission. The torrent website used a tool developed by Coinhive, a crypto miner, and tried to free the tracker’s site…

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