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

MOAR along these lines at the article, ungated