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Malicious JetBrains Plugins Steal AI API Keys as Chrome Extensions Capture Chatbot Chats

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a "coordinated malware campaign" on the JetBrains Marketplace that has published no less than 15 malicious plugins capable of exfiltrating artificial intelligence (AI) provider keys. "Every plugin poses as an AI coding assistant built on DeepSeek and other large language models, offering chat, commit messages, code review, bug finding, and unit tests," Aikido Security researcher Ilyas Makari said. "They function exactly as advertised. However, the AI provider API key you enter gets exfiltrated to a server controlled by the attacker." The activity is said to have been ongoing since the end of October 2025, with new plugins released as recently as June 10, 2026. Two of the plugins, CodeGPT AI Assistant and DeepSeek AI Assist, have more than 25,000…

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