Popular Chrome extensions hijacked by hackers in widespread cyberattack (www.tomsguide.com)

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a number of popular extensions that enable things like dark mode and adblocking in Google’s browser have been hijacked by hackers, putting 3.2 million Chrome users at risk.

While all of the extensions listed below have since been removed from the Chrome Web Store, you will still need to manually delete them if they’re currently installed in your browser

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this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2025

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