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Alibaba Cloud servers hacked to mine Monero cryptocurrency
Trendly News | 17/11/2021 09:00 AM | Click to read full article
Cybercriminals have begun targeting servers running on Alibaba Cloud in an attempt to use them to mine for cryptocurrency.
Cryptojacking, in which an attacker takes over an organization's servers to mine for cryptocurrency, is nothing new but Trend Micro has noticed that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting Alibaba's cloud infrastructure to mine for Monero as it is untraceable.