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Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches

BleepingComputer·October 29, 2026·1 min read
Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches

A massive search-hijacking campaign involving 319 Chrome extensions with a combined 13.4 million installs redirected users' searches through tracking servers to generate ad revenue from Bing and Yahoo. The extensions hijacked browser searches, routing queries through servers that collected data and redirected results, impacting millions of users.

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