Earlier today people reported that their CPU useage was going full throttle while omerta was open, some also had antivirus alerts about a 'trojan virus' named coinhive.

After investigating this further one could see that barafranca's code cointaned a script named 'Coinhive'[1]

[1] https://prnt.sc/hadbqu

One player confronted the main developer about this but were told that it was a test and a mistake[2] and just an attempt to replace the current CAPTCHA, and that it was removed right away. But others report that it stayed up for atleast two hours.

[2] https://prnt.sc/hadd3r

If one were to take a glance at coinhive's webpage one would see this ' Monetize Your Business With Your Users' CPU Power ' [3]

[3] https://coinhive.com

These malicious tricks to mine cryptocurrencies without the users knowledge has been used by various sites, including piratebay[4] and even large primetime dot-com sites like showtime[5].

[4] https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-is-mining-cryptocurrency-again-no-opt-out-171011/

[5] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/25/showtime_hit_with_coinmining_script/


So what do we get from all of this? By the looks of it the omerta crew tested a system to see if it could replace the current captcha system, but this is a system that will use your CPU to mine bitcoins. It was not posted anywhere that this test would take place, and I, and hopefully some of you as well, find it disturbing that my, and your, computer could be used to mine cryptocurrency without our knowledge, even if it was just for a few hours.


Discuss it amongst yourself, but keep it civil please.