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"