Thousands of government websites crypto-jacker infected

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Sites including the UK NHS and US courts were running Coinhive's Monero miner.

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Oh the irony - the Information Commission website...

Little bit misleading, take out the plugin, take out the problem - wouldn't call that an "infection", not on the gov sites anyway.

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Originally Posted by virtuo

Little bit misleading, take out the plugin, take out the problem - wouldn't call that an "infection", not on the gov sites anyway.

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True, and its unfortunate that it is Government websites that are affected as this plugin is designed as an assistive technology for those that need it.