Researchers named the country with the largest scale of hidden mining

Researchers from Microsoft Corporation found that the largest scale of hidden mining was recorded inIndia. In this country, the rate of spread of malicious programs for cryptojacking is more than 4.5 times higher than in other countries.

In Asia, Sri Lanka holds the first place, and India in this region holds second place, according to a study on cybersecurity.

Recall that cryptojacking experts call the hidden mining of cryptocurrency. Hackers infect computers or other devices of the victim in various ways.

The virus begins to consume computing powerequipment to mine tokens. Moreover, the owner of the device does not even know that it is already infected. However, he may notice a drop in the performance of his smartphone or computer.

At the same time, Microsoft analysts note that according tocompared to 2018, the scale of hidden mining in the world has decreased by about 40%. If the growth in the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continues, then hackers will again intensify attacks on Internet users, since it will be profitable to mine tokens again, the authors of the study predict.

In Russia, there are also cases when withHackers use viruses to infect computers or other devices in order to use their mining power. The most common malware is a hidden mining program for the Monero cryptocurrency.

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