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ITACS 5211: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

Wade Mackey

Chrome extension MEGA hacked affecting 1.6 million users.

September 15, 2018 by Brock Donnelly Leave a Comment

https://latesthackingnews.com/2018/09/09/mega-chrome-extension-hacked-affecting-1-6-million-users/

Chrome extension MEGA hacked affecting 1.6 million users.

I am not familiar with MEGA but I am with cryptocurrencies and MEGA is an Chrome extension for business regarding cryptocurrencies. A trojan infected extension for chrome has effected 1.6 million users. They data susceptible extends beyond millions of worth of cryptocurrencies but also account user names and passwords for companies such as Microsoft, Github, Google, and Amazon.

It was swiftly removed from the Chrome Store and an update for MEGA was released. If you use it… better update. I would look into your accounts as well.

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