> Monero was practically never used for ransomware payments back when coinhive was active
This is a kind of wrong assumption. While I agree that ransomware payments themselves weren't done via monero or coinhive - malware on the other hand (read as: installed viruses/trojans/programs that the owner of the machine didn't consent to) was using it primarily to mine crypto coins.
This is a kind of wrong assumption. While I agree that ransomware payments themselves weren't done via monero or coinhive - malware on the other hand (read as: installed viruses/trojans/programs that the owner of the machine didn't consent to) was using it primarily to mine crypto coins.
See [3] from my previous post:
https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercrime...