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When Stensul CEO Noah Dinkin visited a Starbucks in Buenos Aires recently, he probably didn't expect to be served some sneaky cryptocurrency miner code along with his coffee. But thanks to the store's internet provider, that's exactly what he got. â??Hi ...
Starbucks Store Caught Mining Monero on Customers Laptops Using Wi-Fi (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNFHw4-l4Ski9ZhiSR9dWnotV5SczQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779715685760&ei=GyEwWvCzKNekqQKEvLXYAw&url=https://cryptovest.com/news/starbucks-store-caught-mining-monero-on-customers-laptops-using-wi-fi/)Cryptovest (Cryptocurrency & Blockchain News)

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