The site found Netflix accounts on sale for just $0.50 (33p) and lifetime Spotify accounts selling for a mere $1.95 (£1.29). Some sellers reportedly even offer replacement accounts for buyers if the original stolen accounts are shut down by their rightful users. Raj Samani, the CTO of Intel Security, told Tech Insider that these accounts are based on stolen credit card and account details. Notorious for selling illegal goods such as drugs and weapons, the dark web is rapidly becoming a popular destination for cyber criminals to sell cheap (and illegal) deals on web streaming services. The ‘dark web’ or ‘deep web’ is not accessible through conventional search engines like Google, and requires special browsers that make IP addresses anonymous so that users can’t be traced. Hackers are using the ‘dark web’ to sell lifetime subscriptions to Netflix and Spotify for next to nothing, says a new report.Īccording to McAfee Labs, stolen accounts from various subscription streaming services are up for sale on hidden marketplaces.
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The AFP began investigating the matter in May 2018, after it was tipped by the FBI about a now-defunct account generator website called. The culprit, based in Sydney, conspired with another individual from the US to steal the log-ins and passwords of streaming service customers and then sold them online at a cheaper rate. Australian Federal Police (AFP) has ordered an individual to forfeit AU$1.66 million for stealing the log-ins and passwords for Hulu, Netflix, and Spotify accounts.