US Charges Canadian Man Over Alleged Hacks of University Supercomputers
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What happened
A Canadian man has been sent to the United States to face charges that he and an accomplice secretly took over university computers to mine cryptocurrency for themselves. The alleged activity ran from June 2016 to December 2019 and hit schools in New York, Tennessee, North Carolina and Massachusetts.
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What to do
- Patch systems promptly to reduce the risk of compromise.
- Monitor for unusual processing load that could indicate unauthorised cryptomining.
- Treat any credential theft as a serious incident and investigate it fully.
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