Cryptocurrency mining Malware Hits Thousands of websites. Hackers have injected a notorious malware into thousands of websites which forces the visitors' computers to mine cryptocurrency, media reports said on Sunday. The infected websites included both US and UK government sites. Some of the affected sites belonged to United States Courts, National Health Service (NHS), the Student Loans Company and several other central and local government sites. The attackers hijacked the targeted websites using a process called "cryptojacking" that make infected sites run a program to help them use visitors' computers to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. It was