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Twitch Extension Exposes Users' OAuth Tokens

A popular browser extension with over 30,000 installs, marketed as Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot, has been found to be secretly forwarding users' sensitive Twitch OAuth session tokens to a third-party bot service. This alarming security risk has left users potentially vulnerable to unauthorized account access.

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Malicious Twitch Extension Exposes 31,000 Users' OAuth Tokens

A malicious Twitch extension, known as Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot, has compromised the live OAuth session tokens of approximately 31,000 users, forwarding them to Russian proxy servers. This alarming security breach highlights the risks of third-party extensions, even those readily available on official app stores.

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Twitch Extension Exposes 31,000 Users' OAuth Tokens

A popular Twitch browser extension, JeetBot, has been exposing the OAuth tokens of over 31,000 users, putting their accounts at risk. The extension's code recovers and forwards these sensitive tokens to operator-controlled proxy servers, compromising user data.

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