The Real Cost of Cryptomining: Adversarial Analysis of TeamTNT

Originally published by Sysdig on November 16, 2022. Written by Nicholas Lang, Sysdig. TeamTNT is a notorious cloud-targeting threat actor, who generates the majority of their criminal profits through cryptojacking. Sysdig TRT attributed more than $8,100 worth of cryptocurrency to TeamTNT, which was mined on stolen cloud infrastructure, costing the victims more than $430,000. The full impact of TeamTNT and similar entities is unknowable, but at $1 of profit for every $53 the victim is billed,...

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