19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code
📍 Where it landed
The coverage highlighted a wave of malicious browser extensions, with 19 Chrome and Edge add‑ons and 40 Firefox extensions found stealing crypto wallet data, seed phrases and credentials, some of which began as sports‑score tools. While the reports detailed the threats and warned users, no follow‑up indicating remediation or decisive action was provided, and the story has since fallen silent without a definitive resolution.
Epilogue added 4d ago, after coverage quieted.
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What happened
- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 6 distinct news outlets with 6 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 4.
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"19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code" developed substantial multi-source reporting across the Technology sector, tracked across 6 distinct newsrooms by Newsylist.
Key reporting was led by CryptoSlate, Bitcoin World, Yahoo Tech and Coin Gabbar. Coverage velocity and cross-outlet momentum were measured using Newsylist open coverage telemetry.
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The reporting (6)
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19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code The Hacker News · 52d ago broke it first
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