Description: Security researchers reported that the Urban VPN Proxy browser extension introduced AI conversation–harvesting functionality in version 5.5.0, released July 9, 2025. The extension allegedly intercepted and exfiltrated private conversations from AI platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and others without a user-facing opt-out. The data, including sensitive personal and financial information, was reportedly shared with affiliated data brokers for commercial analytics.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Urban Cyber Security Inc. and BiScience developed an AI system deployed by Urban Cyber Security Inc., which harmed Urban VPN Proxy users , General public , Gemini users , Copilot users , Claude users , ChatGPT users , Chatbot users , Browser extension users , Grok users , Meta AI users , DeepSeek users and Perplexity users.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Perplexity , Meta AI , Grok , Gemini , DeepSeek , Copilot , Claude , ChatGPT and Urban VPN Proxy
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1356
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2025-07-09
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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A few weeks ago, I was wrestling with a major life decision. Like I've grown used to doing, I opened Claude and started thinking out loud-laying out the options, weighing the tradeoffs, asking for perspective.
Midway through the conversatio…
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