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

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