Netflix has over 195 million paying subscribers worldwide as of October 2020, including 73 million in the United States. The operating revenue of Netflix was estimated in 2020 to be $1.2 billion as the site is available worldwide.
A McAfee internet security report revealed that hackers have accessed a variety of accounts and are selling information such as credit card details, login details for Netflix, or act as a parasite that leeches off the subscriber. On Facebook, a social media user named Asrul Nasirudin mentioned how his Netflix got hacked.
They hacked his password but didn’t change it – Asrul said that people allegedly ‘stole’ his Netflix account to resell it at a much cheaper price.
“We’ve never noticed that our account has a ‘secret user’, which we’ve been paying for them for months,” he said.
The user found out because he received emails of his Netflix login from other places – including other countries.
“I checked my ‘recent device streaming activity’ in Settings and see the locations this ‘secret user’s come from.”
There’s also log in from Sarawak, he added. Asrul assumed the reason his account got hacked is that he used a generic password.
“For Netflix, I use a default password because I want to log in quickly. This is the only generic account used.”
Another reason he said that it could be because he has logged his Netflix account using hotel Wi-fi.
“It’s the easiest way for people to snoop around and see your details.”
How can you stop being hacked?
1) Use a hard-to-crack password. There must be more than 8 letters of password and there is a blend of broad words, small letters, numbers, and special characters such as *^$& symbols.
2) Do not use public Wi-Fi. When we use public Wi-Fi, all information is easily exposed. This is also the way hackers want to catch prey. They open public Wi-Fi and naïve victims will think that they getting ‘free’ internet.
3) If you want to be secure, use your biometric username if you log in from your smartphone so that you do not need to key in your password. Biometric login passwords are like fingerprints, face, speech, or retina identification.
4) Frequently change your emails and log out of all your devices under the Settings bar.
Source: Facebook Asrul Nasirudin
