(NBC) Hackers are targeting Netflix accounts — and making money off you! But there’s an easy way to tell when someone you don’t know streams your movies and shows.
It didn’t take long for Andrew Solum to find out someone else was streaming movies and shows on his Netflix account.
“Someone named Lorene had created a user profile. And I’m thinking that’s really strange because I don’t know anyone named Lorene” Solum said.
Sri Sridharan from the Center for Cybersecurity says hackers are using phishing scams and malware to get account details — and then selling victims subscriptions on the deep web.
“It’s about $100 to $150 bucks a year, so they could sell it for 50 percent off. And they’re still making a lot of money,” says Sridharan.
Even though Netflix blacks out most of the credit card info — hackers can use those details to send victims emails — asking them to update account info.
The partial credit card number makes the email look legit. For the full article click here
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