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Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That article is awful...

The original post it's hacking is better: https://medium.com/@amitassaraf/2-6-exposing-malicious-extensions-shocking-statistics-from-the-vs-code-marketplace-cf88b7a7f38f

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[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Medium's initial no-account view is awful though:

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