Archived 500 Chrome Extensions Secretly Uploaded Private Data From Millions of Users (yro.slashdot.org)
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Archived 500 Chrome Extensions Secretly Uploaded Private Data From Millions of Users (yro.slashdot.org)
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[–] memik 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
So did Chrome itself...
[–] derram ago
https://archive.ph/wip/Olt2U :
"More than 500 browser extensions downloaded millions of times from Google's Chrome Web Store surreptitiously uploaded private browsing data to attacker-controlled servers , researchers said on Thursday."
' Ars Technica reports:The researchers say the campaign dates back to at least January 2019, but it's possible that the operators were active "as early as 2017."'
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