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VSCode extensions with 9 million installs pulled over security risks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

There must be dozens of malicious extensions. I'm honestly surprised we haven't seen it more. Chrome extensions get sold to shady people all the time; I would have thought VSCode extensions are even higher value targets.