Google removes Android malware used to secretly mine bitcoin

Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 17:00 in Earth & Climate

If you own an Android device, your phone might be mining bitcoin without you even knowing it. Five applications were recently removed from the Google Play store after they were discovered to be covertly using Android devices to mine bitcoin.

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