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Narrative intelligence for Manifold Security: 1 tracked articles, claims, and spin patterns across AI and technology coverage.

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Open VSX Removes 77 Malicious Evil Twin Extensions Exfiltrating Developer Data

Open VSX removed 77 malicious 'evil twin' extensions that impersonated legitimate developer tools and exfiltrated system and development environment data, following discovery by Manifold Security.

Spin 65% Source-Supported AI Risk Moderate Needs Evidence

The Hacker News

Aug 5, 2026

Related Claims

01 A cluster of 77 extensions on the Open VSX marketplace has been found to impersonate legitimate developer tools while transmitting information about the systems and development environments on which they were installed.

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