If you enjoy Netflix or your HBO service so much, be careful and take care of your account. Hackers are reportedly selling lifetime access to your Netflix subscription for as low as $0.50 in the Dark Web.
According to reports from Business Insider, hackers are selling cheap subscriptions to many online streaming entertainment services such as Netflix, Spotify, HBO Go and HBO Now. These accounts are sold in Dark Web marketplaces that can only be accessed using a special internet browser called TOR that conceals your IP address.
Tech Insider interviews Raj Samani, the vice president and chief technology officer at Intel Security, about the Dark Web. He wrote a report on the underground marketplace last month.
"We found pretty much everything possible available for sale," he said. "Every possible service and every possible flavour you could think of [were] being made for sale."
The news site visited one of the marketplaces on the Dark Web and found lifetime subscriptions to Spotify and Netflix. Remarkably, these subscriptions are just sold for a fraction of their monthly subscription. One could easily buy legitimate subscriptions to these online entertainment services for the cheapest price.
Business Insider reports that stolen HBO NOW and HBO GO are sold for less than $10. Meanwhile, premium pro sports services are much expensive and sold around $15. The news site even showed a Netflix subscription being sold for as low as $0.50!
What's more amazing is the fact these sellers are able to guarantee you access to these services. In case that the account you've been given gets shut down, they will give you another working account.
"I don't want to call it a risk-free transaction, but they try to make it as risk-free as they possibly can," Samani said.
He added that these accounts maybe both stolen credit card and account information. That is why it is very important to keep your data safe. If possible, use strong passwords on all your online accounts and be sure to use two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentications require users to undergo a second screening like putting in a code sent to your phone when you log in.
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