10/29/2026
Tech Pulse · cloud-infra

Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches

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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 reported installations redirected users' searches through tracking servers to generate advertising revenue from Bing and Yahoo. [...]
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