Ukrainian arrested for infecting US cloud provider with cryptomining malware

A Ukrainian national was arrested last week for allegedly infecting the servers of “a well-known” American cloud service provider with a cryptomining malware, according to Ukrainian police. A 29-year-old hacker from the southern city of Mykolaiv is believed to have illicitly mined over $2 million in cryptocurrency over the past two years. The police said

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