{
  "id": 673838,
  "title": "737 Chrome VPN Extensions Caught Routing Traffic Through Proxies. Check If You Have One",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/737-chrome-vpn-extensions-caught-routing-traffic-through-proxies",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:09:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/737-chrome-vpn-extensions-caught.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A massive set of 737 free VPN and proxy extensions have been found to mainly target Russian-speaking users seeking access to blocked services with an aim to intercept browser traffic and route them through a proxy infrastructure. The extensions, published across at least 40 Chrome Web Store developer accounts, racked up 75,486 installs. Of those identified, 274 have been found to impersonate 66",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}