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Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches
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What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. BleepingComputer is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 29 Oct 2026, 16:10 UTC. The headline in use is “Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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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Story timeline
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Chrome extensions with 13.4 million installs caught hijacking searches
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