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Facebook is suing the developers of two Chrome extensions that stole users' data

Google Chrome users are urged to check their security after more malicious extensions have been discovered to steal user data.

In particular, two extensions, UpVoice and Ads Feed Chrome, have been flagged as particular risks, and the companies behind both tools are now sued by Facebook.

The social media giant has filed a lawsuit against the two expanded manufacturers after discovering that user data had been stolen without permission from Facebook and Instagram.

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Facebook's lawsuit against Israel-based Israeli companies BrandTotal Ltd. and Unamania Inc., based in Delaware, states that the two extensions will be available for download from the official Chrome Web Store from September 2019 and November 2019, respectively.

By then, the extension had been installed 5,000 and 10,000 times, respectively, meaning thousands of users could be compromised.

BrandTotal tricked users into installing the UpVoice extension from the Google Chrome Store by paying for it in exchange for an online gift card, claiming that the users who installed the extension became "experts ... Who influenced the billions of dollars of the company's marketing decisions and brand strategy," Facebook said in court filings.

Similarly, Unimania promoted its Ads Feed extension in the Google Chrome Store by claiming that users are 'experts from an elite community group that influences the advertising decisions of billions of dollars of companies.'" Facebook added.

The lawsuit says the UpVoice extension crawls data from the profiles of users on Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and YouTube, while Ads Feed collects data from users who access their Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Twitter and YouTube profiles.

Data crawled by both services includes userna name, user ID, gender, date of birth, relative status and location information, as well as ad preferences and other metrics that show how users interact with online ads.

Facebook says it's trying to lobby Google to remove the two extensions from chrome's online app store several times, but the tools are still available. It recommends that users who have downloaded any extension remove it immediately.

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