Thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts are already for sale on hacking forums

guest · Nov 17, 2019

Thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts are already for sale on hacking forums
Hackers began hijacking accounts hours after Disney+ launched earlier this week
November 16, 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/thous...ounts-are-already-for-sale-on-hacking-forums/

Hackers didn't waste any time and have started hijacking Disney+ user accounts hours after the service launched.
Many of these accounts are now being offered for free on hacking forums, or available for sale for prices varying from $3 to $11, a ZDNet investigation has discovered.
A STREAM OF USER COMPLAINTS
Many users reported that hackers were accessing their accounts, logging them out of all devices, and then changing the account's email and password, effectively taking over the account and locking the previous owner out.
Complaints like the ones above flooded social networks like Twitter and Reddit.
UP FOR SALE!
The speed at which hackers have mobilized to monetize Disney+ accounts is astounding. Accounts were put up for sale on hacking forums within hours after the service's launch.
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ZDNet also reached out to Disney for comment. We asked the company about the security systems it has in place to protect users from account hijacking. We did not receive a response before this article's publication.

But to be fair, the company has little it can do in these kind of things. It's usually users' bad password practices that gets the accounts hacked. As some of the hacked users have admitted, many have reused old passwords.
The advice for Disney+ account holders is to use unique passwords for their accounts.
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guest · Nov 19, 2019

Disney+ fans without answers after thousands hacked
November 19, 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50461171

Since Disney+ went live, attackers have stolen thousands of customers' accounts and put them up for sale on the dark web, according to a report.
But the firm says it does not believe its systems have been compromised.

"Disney takes the privacy and security of our users' data very seriously and there is no indication of a security breach on Disney+," a spokesman said.
The statement indicates that members' details have been stolen by other means.
That could involve spyware on users' devices or the re-use of login details stolen from elsewhere.

Many say they used unique userIDs and passwords to access the streaming platform.
But Jason Hill, a lead researcher with CyberInt, says it looks like many were stolen because people use the same passwords for different sites.
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