The article says that government websites (eg. Information Commissioner's Office, Student Loans Company and Scottish NHS helpline) have been were infected with a virus
This via Daily Mail (in between bikini pics, right?)
- A virus called Coinhive inserted into the websites' software
When users clicked on the sites the virus was transferred to their own computers - visitors' computers and phones commandeered to help criminals mine coins
- Up to 4,700 websites have been affected worldwide
