Hackers took advantage of the vulnerability in the Hewlett-Packard servers for mining RTM – Bits Media

In the popular Java bibliotele for logging LOG4J, critical vulnerability is found, which hackers took advantage of Raptoreum cryptocurrency mining (RTM).

According to the portal Tom’s Hardware, Hackers used vulnerability in the Log4J library in Hewlett-Packard servers 9 000 At the base AMD Epyc processors for mining RTM cryptocurrency. As a result of the actions of the attackers, the Hashrat network Raptoreum doubled - from 200 Mx/c to 400 MH / C.

Hackers chose RTM, because this cryptocurrency is mined on central processors. At the same time, the selection of servers based on AMD EPYC is justified - a large volume of the third level cache (to 128 MB) and a large number of Zen nuclei allow these processors to give out a large hashReit when RTM mining.

“During the attack, many servers were hacked and each gave a significant hashReet thanks to powerful processors. Such servers are not too common yet, And clear, that hackers mined cryptocurrency not on their own equipment. During the investigation, we established, that coins were mined on Hewlett-Packard servers 9 000 EpyC. Most had in the name of the letters “HP”. Then the servers were sharply turned off, that reinforces the assumptions about the hacking. Hackers mined coins with 9 by 17 December and received about 30% rewards for the block. They were able to get approximately 3.4 million RTM, what is $110 000», - said one of the leading developers Raptoreum.

From the received 3.4 Milln RTM hackers deduced 1.5 million coins through the Coinex exchange. The remaining 1.7 Milln RTM are still on the purse of attackers. At the same time, the price of the coin did not respond to a sudden increase.

Earlier, Atlas VPN reported, that in the first half of the year 2021 years of cryptojacking software revealed at 74 490 devices.