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Chrome extension found to secretly mine cryptocurrency
short by Shifa Naseer / on Sunday, 31 December, 2017
A Chrome extension called Archive Poster, with over 1,05,000 users, has been found mining the cryptocurrency 'Monero' without the user's permission. The extension, which allows Tumblr users to reblog or repost from its archives, was reportedly running cryptocurrency mining software 'Coinhive'. Following the reports from users, Google removed the extension from the Chrome Web Store.
read more at Mashable