The National Post reports on the rise of “cryptojacking” as a controversial solution some use for the expensive and taxing process of verifying cryptocurrencies. The exercise behind the creation and verification of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, require additional processing power and electricity, leading some to install malicious code to websites to turn computers into a cryptocurrency miner. Jean-Philippe Levert, a representative for the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Center said, “As this type of malicious activity is generally intended to go unnoticed, it often is not destructive and does not result in loss of confidential information.” Professor Konstantin Beznosov said, "It basically just hogs your CPU." Symptoms that a computer has been "cryptojacked" can include a significant slowdown in processing and higher electricity bills. 
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