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Hackers Are Attacking Cloud Accounts to Mine Cryptocurrencies, Google Says

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.

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