Reddit report says Claude Code found a cryptominer on a Mac

What the research found

A single unverified Reddit report says Claude Code found an XMRig cryptominer on a Mac while debugging temperature readings, with a startup persistence item; coverage gives no independent forensic confirmation.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

1. Claude Code identified an XMRig cryptominer on a Mac while debugging temperature readings 96%
2. The miner used about 1175% CPU and pushed the processor to 112°C 97%
3. The miner was set to relaunch at startup 96%
4. The account is a single unverified user report 99%

Evidence

• tech.yahoo.com https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/claude/articles/claude-code-spotted-cryptominer-mac-143720791.html

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