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		xp84 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Mon... I wonder in a case like this how hard it would be to "steal" the crypto that you've paid to mine. But I assume these people are probably smart enough to where everything is instantly forwarded to their C&C server to prevent that.

akimbostrawman 5 months ago | [–]

Unless you know the wallets seed phrase you can not access the mined funds. At best you could replace there wallet with your own to mine it yourself.

tgsovlerkhgsel 5 months ago | [–]

There is no need for the node doing the mining calculations to have access to the private key of the payout wallet.

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