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Over 15,000 hacked Roku accounts sold for 50¢ each to buy hardware
(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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The accounts were "hacked" when attackers found usernames and passwords leaked from unrelated sites that also worked on Roku because the account owners used the same password everywhere.