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

2022-07-20 13:07

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

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