# Claude Code AI agent caught a crypto miner hiding on a developer’s overheating Mac — retained record

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source: [news](https://highsignal.app/data/news) (news:toms-hardware)  published 2026-10-19 11:36 ingested 2026-10-20 02:50

[original source ↗](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/claude-code-ai-agent-caught-a-crypto-miner-hiding-on-a-developers-overheating-mac-xmrig-task-was-hogging-about-1175-percent-cpu-roughly-12-cores-pushing-temps-to-112-degrees)

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