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Solo Bitcoin miner scores $347K, ‘pure self-soverignty in action’

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Solo Bitcoin miner scores $347K, ‘pure self-soverignty in action’

A solo Bitcoin miner has become the latest lucky person to win the “Bitcoin mining lottery,” pocketing a $347,455 block reward. Bitcoin node infrastructure company Umbrel said the solo miner won the block via the Public Pool Bitcoin mining pool, earning the 3.125 Bitcoin block reward and a 0.016 BTC transaction fee on top. It took place at block height 920,440, on Thursday at 7:32 pm UTC, Mempool.space data shows. While solo Bitcoin miners winning blocks isn’t uncommon, this one was more impressive as the miner secured the block entirely…

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Businesses Increasingly See Crypto Mining Attacks in Cloud Infrastructures

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Cryptocurrency mining is reportedly one of the most observed objectives of hackers attacking businesses’ cloud infrastructures, according to a report by AT&T Cybersecurity on March 14. The cybersecurity wing of United States telecoms firm AT&T stated that organizations of all sizes continue to face major crypto mining attacks despite the ongoing bear market. In the new report, AT&T examined the most significant forms of cryptojacking associated with mining attacks on organizations’ cloud infrastructure. AT&T outlined four major cryptojacking tactics used by hackers such as compromising container management platforms, control panel…

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