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Developers For Blogging Platform Ghost Successfully Stop Crypto Mining Malware Attack

Ramsey Baker

Summary: Ghost, the blogging platform, has had its developers fighting a cryptocurrency mining malware attack for the past 24 hours. According to a status update on May 3, the developers revealed that the attack was initiated around 1:30 a.m. UTC (9:30 p.m. EST). Within four hours, they had successfully implemented a fix and now continue to ...

Ghost, the blogging platform, has had its developers fighting a cryptocurrency mining malware attack for the past 24 hours.

According to a status update on May 3, the developers revealed that the attack was initiated around 1:30 a.m. UTC (9:30 p.m. EST). Within four hours, they had successfully implemented a fix and now continue to monitor the results.

The Ghost devs stated that no user credit card information was affected and reassured the public that no credentials are stored in plaintext.

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