The number of domains with cryptocurrency mining scripts installed has skyrocketed 725% in four months, according to a security firm’s research. Almost 2.7 million users were attacked by malicious crypto miners last year with the most successful cybercriminals earning millions of dollars.

Domains with Mining Scripts Up 725%

The company revealed last week:"Based on the monitoring of a sample of 500,000 sites, we’ve found a 725% increase in the number of domains running mining scripts on one or more pages in the four-month period from last September to January 2018."

2.7 Million Users Attacked

According to the security firm, 2.7 million users were attacked by malicious miners last year, representing an increase of approximately 50% from the previous year, adding:
The most successful groups observed by Kaspersky Lab earned millions of dollars by exploiting their victims in just six months during 2017.