Roku Says 576,000 Streaming Accounts Compromised in Security Breach
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Following a hack that exposed more than 15,000 Roku accounts last month, the company said Friday it discovered a second security incident that affected 576,000 additional user accounts. Roku said it reset the passwords for all affected accounts and are notifying those customers directly about the latest incident. According to the company, in fewer than […]

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