Thousands of government websites around the world have been hacked into parallel operations, through which hackers have sought to use site visitors in digital currency mining operations.
Among the hacked sites in Britain are the British government site, the location of the Office of the Commissioner of Operations and the Health Services Authority national, the local parliament of Manchester City, the American courts site, and hundreds of other central and local government sites.
Hacked sites were exposed to a malicious program known as "Queenshaven", which hides in site codes while making fun of the devices that visit sites in mining operations.
According to the report of the British Telegraph newspaper, the time period in which the sites had been compromised had not been determined.
Some of the British government positions attacked were forced to temporarily shut down.
"This type of attack is not new, but it is among the largest in the world," said the information security researcher Scott Helmi, who continued: "If the site of one company is compromised, it means that thousands of sites are affected in Britain, Ireland and the United States."
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