Europe's supercomputers hijacked by attackers for crypto mining

Image caption The Archer supercomputer in Edinburgh was one of those affected At least a dozen supercomputers across Europe have…

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Europe's supercomputers hijacked by attackers for crypto mining

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52709660

Supercomputer at Edinburgh University

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The Archer supercomputer in Edinburgh was one of those affected

At least a dozen supercomputers across Europe have shut down after cyber-attacks tried to take control of them.

A pan-European supercomputing group says they seem to have tried to use the machines to mine cryptocurrency.

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