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Thousands of popular TV streaming stick owners HACKED in major data breach

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For more information on the breach - plus helpful tips - watch the video above
For more information on the breach - plus helpful tips - watch the video above

ROKU - the company behind the popular Fire TV Stick rival - has admitted that more than 15,000 user accounts have been hacked.

Evidence suggests that hackers obtained credit card information from user accounts on two separate occasions and attempted to make fraudulent purchases.

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Not only were financial details exposed, but names, emails and passwords tooCredit: Getty

The company says the first breach occurred last year, and a second attack occurred in February.

Roku added that it has refunded customers who were impacted by wrongful purchases.

Once bad actors gained access to the accounts via their leaked login information, hackers locked out the original customers.

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According to Roku, many account holders will not have received email confirmation of fraudulent orders made via the account.

This is because the hackers swiftly changed the account information once they had broken inside.

It is encouraged Roku customers check their bank statements for any fishy purchases.

Not only were financial details exposed, but names, emails and passwords too.

The breaches were documented in a filing made to the attorneys general's office for Maine and California on March 8.

Here, Roku explains that the incidents occurred on December 28, 2023 and February 21, 2024.

In response, Roku says it quickly “secured the accounts from further unauthorised access”. 

The company will continue to keep a watchful eye out for any more "signs of suspicious activity".

Millie Turner

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