We are delving into some rather curious news in which a Netflix user has reported via Twitter the hack from your personal account. So far everything “correct”, since sadly it is something that happens more than we would like.
The key point of this story is that the person who hacked the account of this user wanted to leave quite a striking message on your list of films and saved series. First, as he says, this hacker watched all the episodes of a children’s series named Cocomelon, to immediately leave the following message in “My List”: “Thanks for everything you legend”.
This message, which we leave you in the tweet below, was written with two films and a series: Thanks for everything, the acclaimed You series, and Tom Hardy’s film, Legend.
“Someone in the Arabian Peninsula had accessed my account. Oman is on the other side of the world. It wasn’t until I received a notification about a new device login that I realized what was happening,” he explains.
And it is that, he received an email notifying him from Netflix that there was a suspicious login to your account. He checked it and found the strange message that he could find in his favorites list.
How to know if your Netflix account has been hacked?
Of course, the point, so to speak, of this story is the message it left him, but sadly the hacking of Netflix accounts is quite normal and There are many who take advantage to enjoy the content for free.
However, How can I know if my account has been hacked? Let me tell you that it is quite difficult to avoid this since hackers have developed new ways to take advantage of unsuspecting account users to steal subscriptions from this and other platforms.
As reported by Forbes through a survey conducted by cybersecurity company DynariskNow, “Users are also more likely to be hacked if they use certain services, including Netflix, EA, Xbox, Sony Entertainment, and Spotify.”
To check if your Netflix account has been hacked, We leave you a series of simple instructions before it is too late.
1. Sign in to your account
We start here because while some of the hackers are prepared to wait quietly, others are a bit more adventurous and will try to modify your login information. Knowing this, if you can still log in, that’s a positive signbut it does not guarantee that you are safe, as we have already seen in the previous case.
2. Take a look at the “Recently Viewed” tab
When content suggestions don’t seem to match or don’t make sense, it’s one of the most common signs that someone has accessed your account. In the same way, There may be a series that appears for you to “Continue Watching” that you never really started watching.
However, it is true that you can delete your recent views via Netflix and leave no trace. In case you suspect something is wrong, you should immediately check your Netflix account history to be sure.
3. Examine your streaming activity
Finally, we recommend that if you notice that something is not working as it should in your account or individual profile, first ask if someone in your family who has access to other profiles has gotten confused and is using yours (this would be something obvious and ruled out from the first moment) but if we suspect that there is someone else snooping in our account, we should look at the transmission history.
To do this, go to your account and under Streaming activity you will find the option “Recent device streaming activity on your Netflix account”.
Once you are in this tab, you can search for more unknown logins. If you have sadly confirmed that your Netflix account has been hacked, what you should do is deny access to all other users and then directly change your password.
Curling the loop, if you discover that someone has changed the email address, Netflix has a support service that you can contact. If the hacker has already modified your account information, such as credit card details, you may have difficulty regaining access. Instead you should ask Netflix to have your account removed entirely.
