{"id":44946,"date":"2022-01-21T06:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T06:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/japans-supreme-court-rules-cryptojacking-scripts-are-not-malware\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T06:58:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T06:58:04","slug":"japans-supreme-court-rules-cryptojacking-scripts-are-not-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/japans-supreme-court-rules-cryptojacking-scripts-are-not-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan’s Supreme Court rules cryptojacking scripts are not malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man found guilty of using the Coinhive cryptojacking script to mine Monero on users’ PCs while they browsed the web has been cleared by Japan’s Supreme Court on the grounds that crypto mining software is not malware.<\/p>\n

Tokyo High Court ruled against the defendant, 34-year-old Seiya Moroi, on charges of keeping electromagnetic records of an unjust program. That unjust program was Coinhive, a “cryptojacking” script that mines for Monero by pinching some CPU cycles when users visit a web page that includes the code. Moroi ran the code on his website.<\/p>\n

Coinhive has been blocked by malware<\/a> and antivirus vendors as it slows down other processes, increases utility bills, and creates wear and tear on your device. But in many ways Coinhive’s Javascript code acts no differently to advertisements.<\/p>\n