Two Canadian men broke into the networks of multiple U.S. universities, stole credentials and implanted malware on compromised computers to commandeer processing power for a cryptocurrency mining operation, the Justice Department said. Ryan James Roach and Mathiew James Stubbings allegedly compromised the networks of at least four universities in New York, Tennessee, North Carolina and Massachusetts between mid 2016 and late 2019, according to an unsealed indictment.
Officials extradite Canadian man to US for alleged cryptomining spree
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