Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Laptop
Laptop
Technology
Momo Tabari

"Chat GPT" scam extension stole Facebook data from up to 9,000 users

FakeGPT

Chat GPT for Google, a malicious Google extension that is named similarly to the official ChatGPT for Google extension, has been taken off the Chrome store after it stole Facebook data from up to 9,000 downloaders who were none-the-wiser. 

This malicious extension was not only riffing off the official extension's name, but it's also based on the same source code used by the real ChatGPT for Google. This was initially discovered by Guardio, a information security service that had found this extension was installing hidden backdoors to give admin permissions to malicious sources.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.