January 8, 2026 // Data Leak | #Chrome Extensions #LLM Data Exfiltration #C2 Server

Fake AI Chrome Extensions Steal 900K Users' Data - Dark Reading | Security

Malicious Google Chrome extensions, posing as legitimate AI tools, exfiltrated sensitive user data including Large Language Model (LLM) conversations and extensive browsing history to a command-and-control (C2) server. This operation impacted nearly 900,000 users, resulting in the theft of proprietary code, business strategies, confidential research, and credentials for potential corporate espionage or identity theft.


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