Popular Google Chrome Extension Hacked To Covertly Mine Cryptocurrency

Popular Google Chrome Extension Hacked To Covertly Mine Cryptocurrency
If you are a user of the popular Google Chrome extension “Archive Poster” you need to be aware that the extension has been misbehaving lately. Currently “Archive Poster” has over 105,000 users and has in recent weeks turned into an in-browser cryptocurrency miner.

The extension isn’t asking permission to hijack the CPU of user computers

Source: Hot Hardware – Popular Google Chrome Extension Hacked To Covertly Mine Cryptocurrency