Crypto-jacking – Computerphile

Crypto-jacking or Drive-By Mining is the process of embedding cryptocurrency mining code in a website. Dr Mike Pound tries it out.

Cookie Stealing: https://youtu.be/T1QEs3mdJoc
Bitcoin Mining Explained in 4 Minutes: https://youtu.be/wTC31ZI6QM4

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputer

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