Couple arrested for secretly installing cryptomining software on department store PCs

Police in Tarragona, Spain, have arrested a man and a woman after they allegedly infected computers at high-street stores with malware with the intention of mining cryptocurrency on them. The couple, who have not been named, are accused of hacking at least 16 computers at branches of the El Corte Inglés department store and Mediamarkt electronics retailer, installing the Nicehash miner and Anydesk remote access software.

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