{"id":8590,"date":"2018-09-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/2018\/09\/07\/compromised-mega-chrome-extension-steal-cryptocurrencies\/"},"modified":"2018-09-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T00:00:00","slug":"compromised-mega-chrome-extension-steal-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/compromised-mega-chrome-extension-steal-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Compromised Mega Chrome Extension Could Steal Cryptocurrencies"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Mega Chrome Extension 3.39.4 has been compromised and capable of stealing usernames and passwords. This was revealed by SerHack, a security specialist who made a tweet alerting internet users of the risk posed.<\/span><\/p>\n The specialist said:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c!!! WARNING !!!!!!! PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!!<\/em> The information spread like wildfire especially after the official Monero Twitter account posted it saying that hacker could steal Monero (XMR) using the Mega Chrome Extension. The Monero tweet:<\/p>\n \u201cPSA: The official MEGA extension has been compromised and now includes functionality to steal your Monero: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Monero\/comments\/9cx7cc\/dont_use_mega_chrome_extension_version_3394\/\u00a0\u2026<\/a><\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n That the Monero network was concerned is not surprising. Not just is the coin a prime target, Monero has been preferred by cyber criminals due to its privacy features that enable them to effectively hide transactions. In fact, between January and July, malicious crypto mining activities utilizing scripts embedded on websites to exploit processors<\/a><\/strong> have been targeted towards Monero (XMR).<\/p>\n
\nLATEST VERSION OF MEGA CHROME EXTENSION WAS HACKED.<\/em>
\nVersion: 3.39.4<\/em>
\nIt catches your username and password from Amazon, GitHub, Google, Microsoft portals!! It could catch #mega<\/a><\/strong> #extension<\/a><\/strong> #hacked<\/a>@x0rz<\/a><\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n