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Chris Burns - Apr 28, 2021, 10:26am CDT
Microsoft released a note this week about how they’ve been working on defending against cryptojacking for your computer. Cryptojacking is a term describing a malicious attacker, a hacker, using your computer to mine cryptocurrency. Your computer’s processing power – and potentially your internet data, if you’re not on an “unlimited” plan – for their own profit, without your knowledge. This is bad, and Microsoft working to defend Windows against cryptojacking is good.
What is cryptojacking?
Even if you’ve never heard of cryptocurrency before, you’ve likely heard of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is one of a wide variety of cryptocurrencies in the world today. One way in which Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies derive value is through cryptocurrency mining.