Large botnet taken down, Monero hashrate drops
Large botnet taken down, Monero hashrate drops

news.sky.com
'World's largest botnet' taken down as alleged Chinese mastermind arrested and $29m in cryptocurrency seized

Looks like the botnet was mining on the two largest pools.
Best time to start monero mining on your old PC!! No more unfair competition
Unfortunately, expected payout here is about 1/4 of energy cost with a machine from less than 5 years ago.