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That string of supercomputer hacks last week? Of course it was a crypto-coin-mining get-rich-quick scheme

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There is very limited evidence of crypto mining going on in the current wave of hacks. It makes little sense because almost all crypto currencies require such large amounts of CUP cycles you would be spotted before you could mine any useful quantity of currency.

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