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		eurleif on April 6, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per ho... There will always be ways to monetize malware. I'd rather they monetize it by mining Bitcoins than by doing something more destructive.

taf2 on April 6, 2013 [–]

honeypot anyone... create the appears of a hacked machine that is successfully mining... keep'em busy for a few weeks ...

wahnfrieden on April 6, 2013 | [–]

It's surely automated, in which case, there's nothing to "keep busy" like a human manually hacking into the average lousy computer one by one.

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