Google Chrome has taken down a popular extension from the Chrome web store, after it was found that this plugin was illegally deploying a cryptocurrency miner for the past couple of weeks. The web extension called Archive Poster had over 105,000 users, before it was eventually taken down by Google once the issue came to light. Report of the illegal cryptocurrency mining was first reported by BleepingComputer. According to the report, the extension did not ask for use permission and would hijack the CPU to mine for Monero during the entire duration when Chrome was open. Searching for the Chrome extension in the Web Store no longer shows the original version, though a so-called ‘Safe’ version of Archive Poster does come up in search results. According to reports, this extension is a mod for Tumblr, which allowed users to reblog, post, queue drafts, etc from the blog archive. Interestingly users had been posting negative reviews about the Chrome extension from early Decem...