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Story: Monero MyKing’s Botnet Has minted 3M Worth of XMR to Date

By Dan Saada

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MONERO CRYPTOJACKING SCANDAL

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MONERO CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING MODULE

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Fluffypony of Monero stated, "I was the lead maintainer across all the projects, and at some point last year I was like: I can't do this.

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One of the posts about Snipa states, he has “substantial coding and auditing experience, and a desire to better Monero’s processes.”

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Previously, Website GetMonero got hacked and several users downloaded a cryptocurrency-stealing Malware.

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MyKing’s Botnet, also known as DarkCloud or Smominru, has been around since 2016.  Malicious code smuggled to user devices, servers running CCTV camera storage, and systems…

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To date, $3M worth in Monero is mined through MyKings.  Gabor Szappanos from SophosLabs provides a full overview of Botnet's operations, characterizing them as "relentlessly…

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"Even if most of the components of the Botnet is from the computer, the remaining ones can restore it to full strength simply by updating themselves.

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The Botnet launches serial attacks to deliver executable malware.  A Trojan is known as "Forshare" is widespread in infected servers.

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Statinko botnet mines Monero (XMR) the privacy cryptocurrency.  The malware comes in several modules and is programmed to mine.

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Whereas, the infected hosts are typically in countries like India, Japan, United States, Brazil, Russia, Taiwan, and China.

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First and foremost, there has been a slight cumulative trend considering the past two years of the token.  Moreover, the short-term is bearish.

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