Japanese Man Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Using Cryptojacking Malware

[kreslik.news]

Japanese news media sources reported earlier this week that a man has been sentenced to a year in prison, with a three-year sentencing suspension. His crime? Employing ‘cryptojacking’ malware–a piece of software that infects the computers of unsuspecting internet users and uses their CPU to mine cryptocurrency without their consent. The sentencing is the first of its kind in Japan; no one has been given jail time for cryptojacking in the past.

Nikkei reported that the Sendai District Court handed out the sentence to the 24-year-old perpetrator on July 2. He was not named but was described as an unemployed resident ... (read more)