Secret Bitcoin mining code added to e-sports software sparks outrage

“Competitive video gaming community E-Sports Entertainment Association secretly updated its client software with Bitcoin-mining code that tapped players’ computers to mint more than $3,600 worth of the digital currency, one of its top officials said Wednesday.  The admission by co-founder and league administrator Eric ‘lpkane’ Thunberg came amid complaints from users that their ESEA-supplied software was generating antivirus warnings, computer crashes, and other problems.”

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/secret-bitcoin-mining-software-added-to-video-game-sparks-outrage/

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