The Chrome Web Store is facing a massive wave of transaction fraud

The Google security team has recently officially decided to suspend the publication or update of any commercial Chrome extension on the Chrome Web Store (Chrome Web Store) indefinitely. A large number of paid extensions are associated with fraudulent transactions.

Google engineers said this wave of fraudulent transactions started appearing in early January and is very large in scale. The new ban will apply to all paid (commercial) extensions on the Chrome Web Store, including those that require pre-installation, pay-per-purchase, and like semi-commercial utilities, require users to pay to gain access to advanced features.

After the ban is applied, extensions are still available on the Chrome Web Store for users to download, however, the extension developer will not be able to release new updates for them. "This is a temporary measure to prevent the wave of transaction fraud while we look for long-term solutions to solve the problem root in a synchronized manner," said Simeon Vincent, a Google security group member. said.

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Currently, when developers try to publish new paid Chrome extensions or push an update to their commercial extensions, they will receive an automated message that says: "Spam and Placement in the Store".

Many famous extensions are affected by this ban, such as the Dashlane password manager or the Comeet task planner.

The decision to ban publishing or updating Chrome extensions was officially announced on January 24, but many developers said Google silently blocked updates for brand extensions. on the Chrome Web Store for days before.

It's unclear how long the ban will last, but it's currently causing a lot of trouble for both developers and users.

'We are trying to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, but we are not sure when it will be completed. Sorry for the inconvenience, 'said Vincent.