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

Discussion in 'News Aggregator' started by Ravie Lakshmanan, 20 Jul 2022.

  1. 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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