Transneft, the oil pipeline giant, has detected malware intended to mine Monero on some computers on its systems, although they have already neutralized the problem.

The issue of mining Monero for third parties using malicious software or JavaScript is beginning to be a problem that harms users who are dedicated to mining without harming people. The latest report that comes to us is from the largest oil pipeline operator in the world, which has had some computer systems affected by a malware that was dedicated to mining. This is a discredit not only for cryptocurrencies, but for honest miners, who give a totally unfair bad name of a world that can be difficult to understand for moth-eaten minds.

Transneft, the Russian oil pipeline giant, as Reuters is reporting, has been forced to analyze all systems because malware had been sneaked in to mine Monero, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency. It is unknown how many systems have been compromised or the number of infected computers, but the company only mentions multiple incidents in which this malware has been found.

"Incidents have been found in which the company's hardware was used to mine cryptocurrencies, which could have a negative impact on the productivity of our processing capacity," said Vladimir Rushalio, Vice President of Transneft, in a meeting yesterday. same. The company also ensures that they have got to work, improving their computer security so that this does not happen again, never again.

So far it is the largest case of infection for cryptocurrency mining that we have evidence of. These tools are based on the use of the processor at full load for mining cryptocurrencies, damaging the hardware and limiting the use of the processor, slowing down important tasks. CoinHive, the other scourge, has been found in a large number of torrent download websites and even yesterday the news that it had been found in a Starbucks in Buenos Aires jumped.