Cybersecurity solutions provider Trend Micro flagged on Monday the vulnerability of online games to illegal cryptocurrency mining in the Philippines, home to one the of world's most active mobile gaming bases.
“Mining cryptocurrencies comes with a price, taking up a significant portion of a computer’s processor capacity and consuming a huge amount of power,” Trend Micro technology marketing director Myla Pilao said in a message to Cryptovest.
“Because of the high cost, some cryptocurrency miners resort to ‘crypto jacking’ or the unauthorized insertion of mining scripts in online games, advertisements, and other websites with high traffic,” she added.
Players of League of Legends in the Philippines recently became the target of crypto jacking. On Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game reported an “unauthorized modification” of its client lobby with the insertion of a JavaScript that performs cryptocurrency mining.
Pilao noted:
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