United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit

United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit

Websites run by the US and UK governments were secretly hijacked by attackers to mine cryptocurrency using a compromised plugin, Browsealoud.

Over 4,200 websites are in the victims list.

This plugin developed by a British firm is used to read out websites for people with visual impairments.

Source: https://wccftech.com/government-websites-hijacked-mine-monero/

"id": "UNI18395622",
"linkid": "ce9uscourts",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "02/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
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