It CAN and it DID happen to Firefox as well. Take a look:
Still, I went back to Firefox after they disabled NPAPI, which ruined the only good Chrome gestures extension, Pig Toolbox. This was supposed to be a more open browser, but right now it’s everything but. And I can’t browse without mouse gestures in 2014. The other two extensions are malicious, one tracks your activities and the other one injects ads, so screw them.