Per reports, the computers needed to be shutdown after being remotely compromised in a series of malware attacks. The hackers used stolen remote access credentials from people authorized to use the machines. Confirmed incidents took place in the U.K., Switzerland and Germany.
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EU Computers Looking for COVID-19 Vaccine 'Cryptojacked'
European supercomputers tasked with finding a COVID-19 vaccine were hijacked to mine cryptocurrency. So reports Coindesk.
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