[HackerNews] This Cloud Botnet Has Hijacked 30,000 Systems to Mine Cryptocurrencies

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The 8220 cryptomining group has expanded in size to encompass as many as 30,000 infected hosts, up from 2,000 hosts globally in mid-2021. "8220 Gang is one of the many low-skill crimeware gangs we continually observe infecting cloud hosts and operating a botnet and cryptocurrency miners through known vulnerabilities and remote access brute forcing infection vectors," Tom Hegel of SentinelOne

https://thehackernews.com/2022/07/this-cloud-botnet-has-hijacked-30000.html

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