Why is bash shell consuming all the CPU and running an unknown mining process?

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Issue

  • Why is bash shell consuming all the CPU and running an unknown mining process?
PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND
6390 000000    20   0 2519304  67232   1056 S  3206  0.0 121034:21 bash

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7

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