Hackers Hijacking Smart Fridges, TVs and Laptops in UAE to Mine Cryptocurrency | Crowdfund Insider
“(Cryptomining) Attackers are following the money to the UAE,” says Hussam Sedani, Middle East manager for the cybersecurity firm Symantec. And according to UAE media outlet The National, instances of malware-based cryptojacking, in which personal devices are “zombified” and forced to mine cryptocurrencies, are twice as common in the United Arab Emirates than anywhere else in the world.
