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You're right that there are a few canaries in the coal mine, but there are a lot of creative options if you have the ability to execute arbitrary code on a mini
by root_axis 8y ago
You're right that there are a few canaries in the coal mine, but there are a lot of creative options if you have the ability to execute arbitrary code on a mining node botnet, assuredly some of which are yet to be discovered (as far as we know). Consider as well the many financial opportunities available to someone who may have an interest in sabotaging or disrupting some kind of mining activity, perhaps in subtle ways that are not usually noticed.
- mrep 8y agoThey could fake the results to make it look like everything was ok while the attack happened. That's apparently what stuxnet did: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17099969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17099969
- gruez 8y agowith that method, you might be able to fool the mining operator's monitoring system (assuming you also pwn their pool server), but you can't fool the whole network. there's simply no way to hide a 50% drop in network hashrate.