With more than 10 million people having registered for Disney+ access as of launch day alone, it’s no surprise that some of those accounts ended up on the dark web, where hackers sell them to anyone looking to pay for access to Disney’s brand new streaming service. The phenomenon isn’t new, as stolen Netflix credentials and other logins have been sold online the same way for years. But if you’ve just discovered that someone hacked your account, it’s very likely that it’s your own fault.
There are several ways for hackers to breach Disney+ accounts. The simplest one is facilitated by a very annoying habit, which is reusing username and password combinations. That’s something plenty of people do, and when one of their online accounts is hacked the chances are that hackers would retest the same user and password combination on other sites, Disney+ included.
Another way to have your credentials stolen, even accounts that feature unique passwords and email addresses, is having malware installed on your computer, the kind of program that can spy on everything you type, usernames Hand passwords included. However,
So not only does this suck but it also goes towards something I was noticing with Disney+ the security seems from the same era as the first lion king film. That is to say lacking. If your account was hacked there is next to no way to log everyone out. https://t.co/I4YqpgMZXL
— KurtzOperations (@KurtzOperations) November 17, 2019
Even if the hacks were facilitated by poor online security practices,
@disneyplus HUGE security issue- all Disney accounts are linked together so they have the same password. This means a hack on one is a hack on all. Spending the morning on the phone with Disney Vacation Club. Got access back to DVC and https://t.co/v9x89JdYtW but not Disney+ :(
— Alicia (@aliciasaurus3) November 17, 2019
Some people also worry that people accessing their accounts without authorization could get into other
