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A Mac user was using Claude to develop a temperature monitoring tool when Claude discovered that the device was running an unauthorized XMRig cryptocurrency mining program. According to the report, the process was consuming about 1175% CPU (roughly 12 cores) and temperatures reached 112 degrees Celsius; Claude also identified that the program achieved persistence through a disguised LaunchAgent startup item. After obtaining the user's authorization, Claude helped terminate the process and moved the suspicious files into a quarantine directory, with only one file requiring manual deletion due to permission restrictions. Currently, this incident is limited to the above report, with no subsequent developments.
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Claude accidentally uncovers Mac crypto-mining trojan: 12 CPU cores maxed out, temperature soars to 112 degrees Celsius
A Mac user was using Claude to develop a temperature monitoring tool when Claude discovered the device was running an XMRig mining program, with the process consuming about 1175% CPU (roughly 12 cores) and temperatures reaching 112 degrees Celsius. Claude also identified that the program achieved persistence through a disguised LaunchAgent startup item, and after obtaining the user's authorization, helped terminate the process and move suspicious files into a quarantine directory; only one file required manual deletion due to permission restrictions.