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  • Roku says 576,000 accounts were hacked in latest breach

    Roku on Friday disclosed that 576,000 accounts were accessed by malicious actors. The San José technology company said that it discovered the problem after monitoring unusual account activity on its platform earlier this year that affected roughly 15,000 user accounts. Through its investigation, Roku said that the malicious actors stole the login credentials through a different source and applied a practice called "credential stuffing," applying stolen usernames and passwords across multiple...

  • Roku says 576,000 accounts breached in cyberattack

    About 576,000 Roku accounts were compromised in a cyberattack, the company said on Friday, the second security breach for the streaming service this year. Hackers gained access to user accounts through stolen login credentials, Roku said in a blog post. The security breach was discovered while Roku monitored account activity after a cyberattack affected 15,000 accounts earlier this year. In each instance, fraudsters used a cyberattack method known as credential stuffing: Hackers try login and...

  • Roku Says 576,000 Streaming Accounts Compromised in Security Breach

    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 […]