Mining Malware: 6,000 PCs Hacked, 5 Men Arrested by S. Korean Police

[Goodcat49]

South Korean local police conducted a serious operation that led to five hackers being arrested and put behind bars on Thursday November 8, 2018 for illegally installing malicious cryptocurrency mining malware on over 6,000 active computers (PCs) with the aim of stealing cryptos such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ripple (XRP), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and others. The Korean government together with the police and other authorities pay allegiance to protect people and their property.

The report, dubbed “Status and Measures of Hacking Damage of Virtual Currency Exchanges in the Last Three Years,” which was published by the South Korean National Police Agency, gathers crypto-related hacks that have molested South Korean customers since 2016.   

The report revealed that these deadly hackers have so far victimized a total of 7 local crypto exchanges and around 158 wallets and within that period of time, the police have managed to successfully arrest just 6 cybercriminals.   

Read the details in the article of Coinidol dot com, the world blockchain news outlet: https://coinidol.com/mining-malware-6000-pcs-hacked-5-men-arrested/

[mlawson71]

I always get surprised when I hear that hackers were found and arrested, I usually have pretty low hopes for that.

[cowz]

It seems that south korea has a good cyber crimes unit that is capable of bringing down malware groups, hopefully it will deter others from trying to hack exchanges