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title: "Cryptomining 101: Campus Networks Being Targeted"
description: College students are cryptomining on school networks. What problems does cryptomining lead to for universities?
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# [Cryptomining 101: Campus Networks Being Targeted](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/cryptomining-on-college-university-networks)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Wed | Nov 28, 2018 | 6:45 PM Z

We just came across a good read on the apparent surge of students using college and university networks for cryptomining.

This is especially attractive if electricity is included in students' room and board costs because it suddenly seems like cryptomining is getting your (digital) money for nothing.

The [EdScoop article](https://edscoop.com/cryptocurrency-mining-continues-on-university-campuses/) includes a quote from Stanford CISO Michael Duff:

“Cryptocurrency mining is most lucrative when computing costs are minimized, which unfortunately has led to compromised systems, misused university computing equipment, and personally owned mining devices using campus power,” Duff wrote.

SecureWorld interviewed Duff at [SecureWorld](https://www.secureworld.io/events) Bay Area about the death of the Social Security Number as a reliable authentication of who you really are. Watch his interview:

[View full post](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/cryptomining-on-college-university-networks)

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