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Malicious Twitch Extension Exposes 31,000 Users' OAuth Tokens

A malicious Twitch browser extension has been reportedly forwarding the live OAuth session tokens of around 31,000 users to proxy servers run by a Russian commercial bot service, according to Socket. The cross-store browser extension Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot was live on both the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons when Socket published its research on September 11, with about 30,000 Chrome users and 552 on Firefox. The listings are still live at the time of writing. A Token the Extension Does Not Need The extension markets itself as a quality-of-life tool, blocking ads, forcing 1080p and unlocking regions. Delivering that means routing Twitch video-playlist requests through JeetBot proxy servers, and Socket found the user's OAuth token rides along on the redirect. The OAuth token…

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Sep 14, 2026
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