Over 15,000 hacked Roku accounts sold for 50¢ each to buy hardware

3 years ago by Kid to c/cybersecurity

Roku has disclosed a data breach impacting over 15,000 customers after hacked accounts were used to make fraudulent purchases of hardware and streaming subscriptions.
nxdefiant 11 points 3 years ago

The accounts were "hacked" when attackers found usernames and passwords leaked from unrelated sites that also worked on Roku because the account owners used the same password everywhere.

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hiddenuser420 4 points 3 years ago

Oh thats why they updated their terms

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