[clubm8]

Is anyone else a little tired of "X used to mine crypto" stories?

Yes - if it has a CPU and access to the public internet, someone will hack it and make it mine "cypto". Let's stop pretending we aren't aware that the internet of things exists and writing breathless stories every time a toaster, router, or adult toy starts churning out Monero.

[roguecoder]

This is an important vulnerability in widely-used software. Crypto is relevant because the inherent design of crypto makes hacks like this more profitable, but it's not the main thing about the article.

[igama]

Exactly, the main story is Kubernetes being exploited in the wild and in large numbers, Crypto mining is just one of the "attacks" tacking place.