Hackers Are Attacking Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrencies, Google Says

Hackers Are Attacking Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrencies, Google Says
Hacked Google Cloud accounts were used by 86% of the “malicious actors” to mine crypto currencies, according to a new report.Of the 50 hacked Google Cloud Platforms or GCPs, 86% of them were used for cryptocurrency mining, which typically consumes large amounts of computing resources and storage space, Google’s Cybersecurity Action Team wrote in the report. The remainder of the hacking activities included phishing scams and ransomware.Exploits remain common in the digital assets space, especially with large amounts of capital flowing into the industry. In May a hacking group installed crypto mining malware into a company server through a weakness…