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Over 15,000 hacked Roku accounts sold for 50¢ each to buy hardware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 8 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 11 points 8 months 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.