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#7 SecurityWeek general April 15, 2026 at 13:24 UTC

100 Chrome Extensions Steal User Data, Create Backdoor

By Ionut Arghire

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Security researchers discovered 108 malicious Chrome extensions stealing user credentials, hijacking Telegram sessions, and injecting unwanted ads across 20,000 users. The extensions were published through five coordinated accounts sharing common command-and-control infrastructure.

Read full article → https://www.securityweek.com/100-chrome-extensions…

Relevance score: 80.0/100

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