Two Widely Used Ad Blocker Extensions for Chrome Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme [telecom]

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Two widely used Adblocker Google Chrome extensions, posing as the original - AdBlock and uBlock Origin - extensions on Chrome Web Store, have been caught stuffing cookies in the web browser of millions of users to generate affiliate income from referral schemes fraudulently.

There's no doubt web extensions add a lot of useful features to web browsers, making your online experience great and aiding productivity, but at the same time, they also pose huge threats to both your privacy and security.