Attacks on supercomputers were crypto miners

Stefan Mileschin · 21st May 2020, 10:49

You can get a lot of cryptocurrency from a supercomputer

It would appear that the attacks on a dozen supercomputers across Europe were carried out by crypto miners hoping to make a quick buck.

The supercomputers, including Archer at the University of Edinburgh, were taken off-line while the hackers used them to mine crypto-currency.

Staff said they were working with the National Cyber Security Centre to restore the system, which had recently installed a pandemic modelling tool.

Similar attacks shut down five supercomputers in Germany, Switzerland, and Barcelona.

They exploited a Secure Shell (SSH) connection, which academic researchers use to log in to the system remotely.

And once inside, the attackers appear to have deployed cryptocurrency mining malware.

The security team at the European Grid Infrastructure foundation said: “A malicious group is currently targeting academic data centres for CPU [central processing unit] mining purposes.

“The attacker is hopping from one victim to another using compromised SSH credentials.”

https://fudzilla.com/news/50858-atta...-crypto-miners

21st May 2020, 10:49	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,652	Attacks on supercomputers were crypto miners You can get a lot of cryptocurrency from a supercomputer It would appear that the attacks on a dozen supercomputers across Europe were carried out by crypto miners hoping to make a quick buck. The supercomputers, including Archer at the University of Edinburgh, were taken off-line while the hackers used them to mine crypto-currency. Staff said they were working with the National Cyber Security Centre to restore the system, which had recently installed a pandemic modelling tool. Similar attacks shut down five supercomputers in Germany, Switzerland, and Barcelona. They exploited a Secure Shell (SSH) connection, which academic researchers use to log in to the system remotely. And once inside, the attackers appear to have deployed cryptocurrency mining malware. The security team at the European Grid Infrastructure foundation said: “A malicious group is currently targeting academic data centres for CPU [central processing unit] mining purposes. “The attacker is hopping from one victim to another using compromised SSH credentials.” https://fudzilla.com/news/50858-atta...-crypto-miners

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