• Did hackers buy Roku devices — using your credit card?

    Posted on April 29, 2024 at 02:45 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

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    ISSUE 21.18 • 2024-04-29

    PUBLIC DEFENDER

    Brian Livingston

    By Brian Livingston

    In a pair of serious security breaches in the past two months, hackers tried username-password combinations found on the Dark Web. They attempted to log on to more than half a million accounts at Roku.

    Hundreds of users who had unwisely stored their full credit-card numbers with Roku were exploited by the hackers. The victims’ credit-card numbers on file enabled the perps to buy anything in the Roku store.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.18.0, 2024-04-29).
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