“The Netflix security team uses a variety of measures to protect our members, including monitoring various sites on the internet for credential dumps where data thieves post stolen usernames and passwords,” emailed Katy Dormer, Netflix communications director. Netflix’s security help emphasizes the importance of not reusing passwords, and the company says it watches for odd account activity. Your iPhone might have just been hacked: Google found iPhone security flaws that allowed websites to hack iOS users 'en masse' Tired of #$%& passwords? Single Sign-on could be a savior Milanesi said she does have a Premium plan but had not received any Netflix-phishing messages, leaving it a mystery how the hackers could have obtained her password.
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He noted that you can safely check a password to see if it’s been exposed at the breach-tracking site Have I Been Pwned. Wisniewski said most compromises either involve phishing scams that fool victims into giving up their passwords – something Oxford, U.K.-based Sophos warned of last September – or trying passwords leaked in data breaches. “They’re trading them simply to have status with their friends,” he said of discussions about stolen Netflix accounts on various hacking forums. That $15.99-a-month plan provides video in 4K Ultra HD resolution but also allows four simultaneous streams, up from the two of the $12.99 per month Standard plan, making them a more attractive prize to share.
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“I don’t really see anything to it other than getting free Netflix Premium.” “It appears to be just plain old theft!” said Chet Wisniewski, principal research scientist at the security firm Sophos. That removes a monetary rationale to hack into a Netflix account. The service “tokenizes” stored cards, replacing account numbers with digital identifiers only good at Netflix.
Netflix support did not ask Milanesi to change the credit card on her account.
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