Here's why Google is warning Indian users after the Chrome 79 bug
Recently, Google released the Chrome 79 update, which however, had a flaw. After fixing the Chrome 79 bug, the tech giant Google has issued warning of data breach for users in India, urging them to immediately change their passwords on websites that have been affected. Alert pop-ups began emerging on laptops, desktops and mobile screens on Thursday, leaving several Indian users including a media organisation, alarmed to read the warning that their passwords may have been stolen as part of a data leak. After halting the roll-out of latest version of Chrome after a bug wiped out data in select Android applications, Google resumed Chrome 79's rollout this week. Additionally, in a bug report filed last week, Google developers confirmed that they forget to move the contents of localStorage or WebSQL into the new Chrome 79 directory.
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