5 Percent of Monero in Circulation Was Mined Through Malware, Research Finds

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Published Jun 13, 2018 02:42PM ET

Updated Jun 13, 2018 04:02PM ET

5 Percent of Monero in Circulation Was Mined Through Malware, Research Finds

A June 11 report by network and enterprise security company Palo Alto Networks has found that around 5 percent of all Monero (XMR) in circulation was mined maliciously.

According to the research, the mining has been done via cryptojacking, the practice of using other users’ computers’ processing power to mine for cryptocurrencies without the owners’ permission.

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