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<p>Two incidents of malware being used to illegally mine cryptocurrency have been
reported by the National Cyber Security Centre since its formation in October 2016.</p><p>The
NCSC was established to simplify existing structures, bringing together the cyber
security operations and information assurance arms of GCHQ, Computer Emergency Response
Team UK (CERT-UK), the cyber elements of the Centre for the Protection of National
Infrastructure (CPNI) and the Centre for Cyber Assessment. Prior to the NCSC’s formation,
cyber incidents were recorded via differing means and to a variety of thresholds,
and as such, figures prior to October 2016 are not available for comparison.</p><p>
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