Disney’s long-awaited streaming service, Disney+, launched last week to much fanfare, notching an impressive 10 million subscribers on its first day. However, within 24 hours of going live, it was reported that thousands of accounts have been hacked, with critical data stolen and sold onto the dark web.
Disney+ users began posting messages on Twitter and Reddit stating that their accounts had been compromised. Some users complained of being locked out of pre-paid accounts after receiving alerts that account information, including their password and contact details, had been changed.
Disney+ users have been hacked.
The hackers have stolen thousands of customer accounts, days after the launch of the service, and are selling the accounts on the dark web.https://t.co/KLXM86WluJ
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 19, 2019
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@Jonathan Knudsen, Senior Security Strategist , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"An online streaming service is a whole new world for Disney...."
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@Jonathan Knudsen, Senior Security Strategist , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"An online streaming service is a whole new world for Disney...."
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@Jonathan Deveaux, Head of Enterprise Data Protection, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Of course, there’s still the situation of user IDs – in use with other websites – which are the same user IDs at Disney+. ..."
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@Jonathan Deveaux, Head of Enterprise Data Protection, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Of course, there’s still the situation of user IDs – in use with other websites – which are the same user IDs at Disney+. ..."
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@Niels Schweisshelm, Technical Program Manager, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The trouble is, Passwords are the worst option for secure authentication, but we don’t yet have anything better. ..."
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@Niels Schweisshelm, Technical Program Manager, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The trouble is, Passwords are the worst option for secure authentication, but we don’t yet have anything better. ..."
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