Google-featured VPN extension harvested and sold ChatGPT and Claude conversations
A Tel Aviv-based security firm, Koi, investigated Urban VPN Proxy, a Google Chrome extension with six million users and a featured badge from Google. The probe revealed executor scripts harvesting user conversations from AI platforms for sale to data brokers. Koi researcher Idan Dardikman detailed the extension's operations beyond standard VPN functions. Urban VPN Proxy, published by Urban Cyber Security...
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