Over the last 4 months, hackers have attacked more than 15 million computers by sending viruses through hidden files online. Virus will steal computer performance up to 20 percent, consequently the computer becomes slow. Thailand is the country with the most casualties.
A surprising finding was raised by a cyber security company called Palo Alto. It said that as many as 15 million computers around the world have been disrupted by hackers, with the number of computers that suffered the most damage in Thailand. The distributed virus works by stealing power for processing, the goal being to mine the cryptocurrency Monero. for miners bitcoin and steemit may also have to be careful because it could be unexpectedly our computer became one of the virus attacks that can take advantage for the world hackers.
in fear the attack will also increase and the way hackers hide it through the file "exe" which looks like the usual file sharing downloaded. The files are given their own names, such as File4org, Dropmefiles, and RapidFiles. Files containing the virus are then propagated through links from URLs such as Bitly or Adfly.
if the computer has been exposed to the virus then the processor on the device is silently been used to mine digital monetary money which is currently worth about USD 300 (about Rp4 million) per coin. The hackers will enjoy the percentage or honor of each coin earned.
and the following countries are affected by the virus.
Thailand - 3,545,437
Vietnam - 1,830,065
Egypt - 1,132,863
Indonesia - 988,163
Turkey - 665,058
Peru - 646,985
Algeria - 614,870
Brazil - 550,053
Philippines - 406,294
Venezuela - 400,661