How do hackers make money? It’s one thing to find a flaw in a software or hardware system that gives you a way to control a computer. Fine, now what do you do?
Increasingly, you turn those hijacked systems into a mining operation for digital currency, according to cybersecurity researchers at Dell SecureWorks.
SecureWorks recently tracked a case they say is the single most profitable such illegitimate mining operation uncovered so far.
via Hackers Find Ways to Illegally Mine Virtual Currencies – Businessweek.