Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-10-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: Coinhive.com
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The DNS records for coinhive.com are manipulated to redirect requests for the coinhive.min.js to a third party server hosting a modified version of the JavaScript file with a hardcoded site key and letting the attacker "steal" hashes from users.