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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Sophie Collins

Google warns users to quickly update Chrome to avoid being hacked after major flaw discovered

Google has warned Irish Chrome users to update their browsers this week to avoid passwords, bank details and more being obtained by hackers.

According to a spokesperson for the internet giant, hackers have been taking advantage of a critical flaw with the current version of the browser.

Therefore it has had to issue an urgent update for the Chrome web browser which is recommended to anyone across the globe who uses it - an estimated 3.2 billion people.

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