Launched in 2016, Brave itself is a niche open-source browser with ambitious and sometimes unique goals, including blocking ads while still paying content creators directly from users themselves.

HaveIBeenPwned.com maintains a database of major breaches, so people can know when sensitive data including usernames and passwords are stolen by hackers.

The browser extension has access to virtually everything a user types and therefore an attacker could access a huge trove of private data.

The bug presented possible attackers with an incredibly potent phishing tool for common attacks like ransomware.

Denunciations like "most frequently exploited product" have been common for the software.

A blog post by the maker of the Firefox browser says Chrome engineers are correct in their assessment of the problems with Symantec-issued internet security certificates — but they may have gone too far by proposing to distrust them.