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Fun case from Sweden: the central government website for healthcare included js from a third party with no integrity hash. Third party got hacked and they chang
by pkz 6y ago
Fun case from Sweden: the central government website for healthcare included js from a third party with no integrity hash. Third party got hacked and they changed the js to mine cryptocurrency over the weekend. Thousands of people participated in mining...
- edent 6y agoOoh! Do you have a source on that? I couldn't find anything in English language media.
- aliswe 6y agoMaybe this, the website was the swedish police https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/swedish-police-website-hacked-to-mine-cryptocurrency/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/swedish-police-we...
- quickthrower2 6y agoThis is where browsers need to be locked down a bit more. The web api, and available local compute resources should be governed by permissions. Yeah it'll break a few sites at first!
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoIt would be sufficient to just put a red triangle on the tab pointing out this one tab is using high cpu.