[Ads-l] It is, to me: "Cryptojacking is nothing new."

[Wilson Gray]

For the unaware...

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 12:59 AM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On October 21, 2017, I reported cryptojacking (23 September 2017) and
> cryptojacker (20 October). BB
>
>
> > On 29 Jan 2018, at 14:06, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > "For the unaware, _cryptojacking_ typically involves unscrupulous website
> > owners or advertisers using JavaScript code to take advantage of a
> website
> > visitor's CPU power to mine cryptocurrency in the background, without
> their
> > knowledge or consent."
> >
> > goo.gl/53BWCS
> >
> > This seems to be a development based on _in-browser
> cryptocurrency-mining_.
> >
> > goo.gl/GgKNTV
>
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