The only (realistic) way to generate bitcoins today is with GPU or other specialized hardware that doesn't exist on webservers.
These servers that were compromised were used to manage generated bitcoins. One was used by a pooled mining service (mined coins were sent to the server then payed out to miners) and the other was a faucet service which would give a little bit of bitcoins to new users. The other 6 servers that were compromised are unknown to me.
The only (realistic) way to generate bitcoins today is with GPU or other specialized hardware that doesn't exist on webservers.
These servers that were compromised were used to manage generated bitcoins. One was used by a pooled mining service (mined coins were sent to the server then payed out to miners) and the other was a faucet service which would give a little bit of bitcoins to new users. The other 6 servers that were compromised are unknown to me.