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Hundreds of inactive Netflix accounts taken over by hackers

Netflix has been receiving a large number of complaints from ex-users who have had their old accounts broken into by hackers. Since the user's bank details are still available on the account, the hackers can watch for free as the original owner of the account is charged. So far Netflix has had a very lukewarm response to the complaints.

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Fri Nov 29 - TheInquirer

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