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How a Fake Claude Extension on Cursor Stole Developer Data

Originally published on agent5.news . On October 29, 2026, thousands of developers opened their AI-powered code editor and, without clicking anything unusual, loaded malware onto their machines. The culprit was not a phishing email or a cracked tool from a shady forum. It was a tampered version of…

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  1. 2026-11-03 03:30 · DEV Community — AI
    How a Fake Claude Extension on Cursor Stole Developer Data

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