Links to Pretty Pictures on Skype Actually Send Users' Machines on Goose Chase for Digital Money

With the all-digital currency bitcoin rising in value, hackers have redoubled their efforts to get at the money. Earlier this week, they hacked into a bitcoin bank. Today, Kaspersky Security reports that a malware scheme on Skype is taking over users' machines to help them hunt for the currency online.

With the all-digital currency bitcoin rising in value, hackers have redoubled their efforts to get at the money. Earlier this week, they hacked into a bitcoin bank. Today, Kaspersky Security reports that a malware scheme on Skype is taking over users’ machines to help them hunt for the currency online.

The currency releases additional value in a process not unlike Will Shortz puzzler competition on NPR. The central bank releases a really, really hard math problem that requires substantial computing power to solve.

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