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Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches

BleepingComputer · Bill Toulas

Published by the source: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:10:31 -0400

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A massive search-hijacking campaign involving 319 Chrome extensions with a combined 13.4 million reported installations redirected users' searches through tracking servers to generate advertising revenue from Bing and Yahoo. [...]

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