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cryptojacking

hijacking a target's processing power in order to mine cryptocurrency on the hacker's behalf
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cryptojacking

Summary

cryptojacking draws 138 Wikipedia views per month (studies category, ranking #72 of 264).[1]

Key Facts

  • cryptojacking is a type of cryptocurrency mining[2].
  • cryptojacking is a type of cybercrime[3].
  • cryptojacking is a type of hijacking[4].

Why It Matters

cryptojacking draws 138 Wikipedia views per month (studies category, ranking #72 of 264).[1] cryptojacking has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

Related Entities

cryptocurrency mining

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . kaspersky.com. kaspersky.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Icannwiki page id → Cryptojacking
    Reddit topic id → cryptojacking
    Instance of → Q4071928
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: Cryptojacking, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294323199|Cryptojacking (#294323199)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]]"
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