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title: Chrome Extensions Compromised
description: More proof that anyone can fall for a Phishing scam.
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# [Chrome Extensions Compromised](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/chrome-extensions-compromised)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Wed | Aug 16, 2017 | 2:32 PM Z

Need more proof we are all vulnerable to the Phish?

A successful scheme hit the person who *authored* several Google Chrome Extensions and stole his credentials.

The result has been hijacked and re-directed web traffic for at least the following Chrome Extensions: Web Developer (0.4.9), Chrometana (1.1.3), Infinity New Tab (3.12.3), Web Paint (1.2.1), and Social Fixer (20.1.1) according to the [latest report](https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/threat-actor-goes-chrome-extension-hijacking-spree).

You can read about [how the Phishing Scam worked](https://phishme.com/even-smart-ones-fall-phishing/) in this instance and share the information with your office. More proof that they should be very careful anytime things may be *even slightly* out of the norm.

 

[View full post](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/chrome-extensions-compromised)

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