Security News > 2018 > April > Block blocked: Google to banish cryptominers from Chrome Web Store
2018-04-01 00:00
9 in 10 plugin submissions broke rules, ads giant groans Google will throw cryptocurrency-mining extensions out of its Chrome Web Store after finding so many were badly behaved.…
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