It appears from the article that it's Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender which are compromised, not uBlock Origin. uBlock Origin is upstream from those two—those two are based on the uBlock Origin code, which reportedly remains solid.
It was in fact the main guy behind uBlock Origin who called out the shenanigans. His recommendation for Nano Defender (and by implication, Nano Adblocker, which is often installed at the same time):
"uninstall now -- with those capabilities, it should be considered malware."
The development rights for Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender were sold in early October 2020, and the new developers are the ones who have quickly added the malicious code.
Also, as a separate issue, be aware that "uBlock" is a separate adblocker than "uBlock Origin," though their names are confusingly similar.
It appears from the article that it's Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender which are compromised, not uBlock Origin. uBlock Origin is upstream from those two—those two are based on the uBlock Origin code, which reportedly remains solid.
It was in fact the main guy behind uBlock Origin who called out the shenanigans. His recommendation for Nano Defender (and by implication, Nano Adblocker, which is often installed at the same time):
The development rights for Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender were sold in early October 2020, and the new developers are the ones who have quickly added the malicious code.
Also, as a separate issue, be aware that "uBlock" is a separate adblocker than "uBlock Origin," though their names are confusingly similar.
uBlock or uBlock Origin?
uBlock Origin is open source and the code is clean.