Pirate Bay uses visitor CPUs for digital currency mining

Pirate Bay uses visitor CPUs for digital currency mining. Visitors to The Pirate Bay recently discovered that JavaScript code was used that revealed that a crypto miner was in place on the torrent website. This code makes use of visitor processors to mine Monero digital coins. the Pirate Bay confirmed to the site that it was using the miner as part of a 24-hour test to see if it could be used as a permanent way to generate revenue, allowing them to replace the ads altogether. No other details...

From: Aban Tech