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Stealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spyware (go.theregister.com)

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[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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Those are the extensions mentioned in the article, but they also say there were others, but decided not to name those because CERTAINLY NO ONE WOULD POSSIBLY WANT TO KNOW WHICH EXTENSIONS MIGHT BE AFFECTING THEM, RIGHT?! NO SIR, THATS NOT IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT ALL!

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