A couple of months ago, the leaders of The Pirate Bay took an unusual step - turned off advertising and replaced it with the Coinhive script. As a result, visitors' computers produced coins for the administration of the site and didn’t see banners. In using the script was caught the Starbucks coffee house from the capital of Argentina. No one has warned the customers.
Mining Monero
The head of a technology company from New York, Noah Dinkin, drew attention to the problem, CCN reported. The expert noticed a ten-second delay when connecting to a Starbucks Wi-Fi in Buenos Aires. It turned out that at this time the network provider used the power of the device for Monero's mining.
Behind the truth, Noah went to Twitter, where he collected three thousand retweets. The message added confirmation of the problem in the form of a screenshot.
Seeking the truth, Noah went to Twitter, where he collected three thousand retweets. The message added confirmation of the problem in the form of a screenshot.
Employees of the brand reacted to the tweet and corrected the problem.
If you wanna feel like a miner without paying for a video card, visit some Argentine coffee-houses. Ten seconds of fame are guaranteed for you.