[Stanley]

Researchers Uncover Chrome Extensions Abusing Affiliate Links and Stealing ChatGPT A

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious Google Chrome extensions that come with capabilities to hijack affiliate links, steal data, and collect OpenAI ChatGPT authentication tokens.
One of the extensions in question is Amazon Ads Blocker (ID: pnpchphmplpdimbllknjoiopmfphellj), which claims to be a tool to browse Amazon without any sponsored content. It was uploaded to the Chrome

https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/resear...sions.html

[R5N3T]

That’s pretty scary. You don’t expect a browser extension to do stuff like that, so it’s a good reminder to be more careful.

[Aeowulf]

Oh, so it's like Honey, just taking it a step further with stealing ChatGPT tokens... interesting.