The article is in Japanese so I'll post a short summary. - Japanese engineer (JE) read about Coinhive on gigazine (Japanese IT mag) - decides it would be cool

The article is in Japanese so I'll post a short summary. - Japanese engineer (JE) read about Coinhive on gigazine (Japanese IT mag) - decides it would be cool to embed it on his website (sometime in September) - removes it sometime in November after mining 1000yen ($10) worth - 3 months later in February, presented with a search warrant by police at his workplace - all networking equipment at home confiscated for forensic investigation - called in for additional questioning in March - eventually let off with a 100,000yen (~$1000) fine without pressing any charges Basically, using Coinhive without user consent is equivalent to illegally commandeering a user's computer under a 'Virus Law'[0] [0]: http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/kurashi/cyber/law/virus.html http://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/kurashi/cyber/law/virus....