🎮 Gaming Giant Caught Secretly Mining Bitcoin on Users' Computers

On May 3, 2013, the online gaming service ESEA was caught secretly using thousands of users' computers to mine #bitcoin 🗃️: https://web.archive.org/web/20210518060901/https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/bitcoin-scam-turns-online-gamers-unwitting-accomplices-6C9743685

Ultimately, ESEA, which organized StarCraft 2 and CS competitions, admitted guilt (blamed it on one employee) and paid a fine of $1 billion.